OPERATION APOLLO [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: OPERATION APOLLO [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ADM 1507
  • Other titles: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Movement of German circus from Malta to Syracuse, Sicily, by the Royal Navy.
  • Description: Circus caravans and trucks embark in LST 4001; long caravans marked "Apollo" enter bows of ship. Circus owner talks with Naval officers. Tent-poles and spars of damaged Big Top are taken on board; ship's crew look on at the work below. Captain Masterman (Captain [Amphibious/Warfare] ) talks with owner. Circus dogs, circus folk. Sailors "tempt" the circus lioness to come to the bars of her cage. Circus donkeys come on board and are tethered.
  • Alternative Title: POST-WAR NAVAL OPERATIONS - MISCELLANEOUS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: ADM 1507
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1946-1975
  • Production Date: 1954
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Admiralty (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Masterman (Captain) (person) Royal Navy, LST 4001 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: animals, mammals: dog (object name) animals, mammals: donkey (object name) animals, mammals: lion (object name) ships, British naval - amphibious: LST 4001 (object name) operations, British naval - movement (object name) recreation, German civilian - theatre: circus (object name) Malta (geography)
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  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ADM 1507

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