POLAR TRAINING FOR THE TRANSGLOBE EXPEDITION [Main Title]

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  • Title: POLAR TRAINING FOR THE TRANSGLOBE EXPEDITION [Main Title]
  • Film Number: DRA 1399
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  • Summary: Film on the Arctic training for the Transglobe Expedition. Showing training on Greenland, and at Alert Camp, Ellesmere Island, Canada, and expedition to the North Pole by Ranulph Fiennes, Oliver Shepard and Charlie Burton, supported by Geoffrey Newman, Virginia Fiennes and Mary Gibbs.
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  • Colour: Colour
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  • Object_Number: DRA 1399
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © Crown copyright. IWM (DRA 1399)
  • Featured Period: 1976-1989
  • Production Date: 1978
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Defence (Production sponsor) Services Kinema Corporation (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 2 Footage: 706 ft; Running time: 20 mins
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    DRA 1399

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