GRAND SLAM [Main Title]

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  • Title: GRAND SLAM [Main Title]
  • Film Number: AMY 95
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  • Summary: The rôle of the RAF police force, the Air Provost Department.
  • Description: (Reels one and two contain dramatic reconstructions with voice-over dialogue, reels three and four feature professional actors and spoken dialogue.) Importance of strategy and tactics in any contest - the analogy is with a game of contract bridge, whence the title is derived. The inference is that if the policeman follows the rules he will always win. Geographical organisation of Air Force police authorities in Great Britain and abroad is described with the use of graphics. Hierarchy of rank and departmental organisation and responsibility described. Thirteen functions of RAF police are enumerated including crime prevention, security, traffic control, Criminal Record Office, police photography etc. Film ends with a dramatic sequence set in Cairo ca 1946, intended to show how the combination of separate police functions - investigation, CRO, forensic tests, control of traffic - solves a crime.
  • Access Conditions: Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1945-1975
  • Production Date: 1956
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Air Ministry (Production sponsor) Gee Films (Production company) Medwin, Michael (Production cast)
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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: 4 Footage: 3604 ft; Running time: 40 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AMY 95

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