FOOTBALL MATCH ON THE COCOS ISLANDS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: FOOTBALL MATCH ON THE COCOS ISLANDS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ABY 128
  • Other titles: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Islanders play football against an Army team on Home Island, part of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands attol.
  • Description: The game in progress. Local civilians (men, women and children) watching the game. The teams pose together after the match.
  • Alternative Title: ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ABY 128
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1945-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry, Directorate of Public Relations (Production sponsor) Royal Air Force Film Production Unit (Production company) Elsee (Flying Officer) (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Cocos Islands (geography) Indian Ocean 1939-1945, Second World War (event) Welfare and recreational activities and services, Burma 1942-1945, Second World War (event) Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (theme) Far East 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 389 ft; Running time: 5 minutes
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ABY 128

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    ABY 113 (BUILDING A STRATEGIC RAF JUNGLE AIRFIELD ON THE COCOS ISLANDS [Allocated Title])
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