SPORTS DAY IN A TRANSIT CAMP NEAR SOUTHAMPTON (PART 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: SPORTS DAY IN A TRANSIT CAMP NEAR SOUTHAMPTON (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 21-3
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  • Summary: Additional coverage to Sergeant Walter's material showing Commandos serving with No 4 Special Service Brigade taking part in sporting events in C19 Camp, Swaythling.
  • Description: Spectators watch a fiercely contested tug o'war match between two teams, each consisting of seven men. Events briefly shown are a 100-yard sprint run by five athletes, a relay race, a sack race and the high jump.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: A70 21-3
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-05-29
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Leatherbarrow, RichardPrior to the Second World War Leatherbarrow was a portrait photographer. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Armoured Corps, transferring to the Army Film and Photographic Unit in 1943, when he received training at Pinewood. He was one of the cameramen on Juno Beach during the D-Day Landings. (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Bde, Special Service, 4 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: recreation, British military - sport (object name) GB, England & Swaythling area, Hants <C19 Camp> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 98 ft; Running time: 1 min
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