MISSED DATE [Main Title]

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  • Title: MISSED DATE [Main Title]
  • Film Number: AMY 59
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  • Summary: Second World War "Careless Talk" short with a rhyming commentary made to be shown to RAF personnel.
  • Description: Four Airmen on leave in a small country town visit the local pub, The Prince Albert, " a cosy place... with a cheery host". Bill and Harry chat with two local girls whilst their colleagues play darts. To impress the girls the boys explain they can't make a date until Saturday because there is a big "do on", but they all agree to meet again on Saturday night (all the time not noticing the man "dozing" with his back to them). On the Friday there is a raid on their base (shots of anti-aircraft guns and searchlights). On Saturday the girls wait in the pub in an atmosphere of "gaiety, life and cheer, leaving only a memory of a raid which certainly had been near", but Bill and Harry fail to arrive, they were killed in the raid. The film concludes with "never forget wherever you are there are listening ears.... CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES".
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor) Analysis Films (Production company)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 577 ft; Running time: 6 mins
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