CORFU CHANNEL INCIDENT [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: CORFU CHANNEL INCIDENT [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: PME 226
  • Other titles: AMATEUR FILM BY COMMANDER JOHN BAIRD [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Amateur film shot by Commander John Baird during the Corfu Channel Incident when HMS Saumarez and HMS Volage were damaged by mines in the channel between Albania and Corfu, prompting a diplomatic incident between Great Britain and Albania. Both vessels are shown in this colour footage, filmed during the aftermath of the incident.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: AMATEUR FILM BY COMMANDER JOHN BAIRD [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: PME 226
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: NON-IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1946-10-22
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Baird, John Frederick (Production cast)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: Std 8mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 3
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    PME 226

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    ADM 6579 (CORFU CHANNEL INCIDENT 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION, CORFU [Allocated Title])
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