OFF TO ENGLAND [Main Title]

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  • Title: OFF TO ENGLAND [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 126
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  • Summary: The departure of a British leave boat from a French port, probably 1917.
  • Description: British soldiers of various regiments and branches, all wearing life jackets, embark on leave boats. One group is on board a small side-wheeler CD-8, and others on a larger vessel E0826. The larger ship moves out of harbour with ladies on the quayside waving to it as it clears the harbour mouth.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 126
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service) Royal Navy (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ships, British auxiliary - transport: leave boat (object name) recreation, British military - leave (object name) society, British military - friendship: [+] (object name) 01/3(4-15).6 (event) France (geography) half-light (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 283 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 126

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