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Production Details: Modern Films (Production company)
Bennett, John P (Production individual)
Ellis, Mervyn C (Production individual)
Bennett, John P (Production individual)
Phillips, Freddie (Production individual)
Ackland, Joss (Production cast)
Winsor, Martin (Production cast)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Royal Navy, Kedleston (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, Sandown (regiment/service)
Royal Navy, GALATEA (HMS), frigate (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British naval - minesweeper: Kedleston (M.1153) (object name)
ships, British naval - minesweeper: Sandown (903) & [paddle] (object name)
ships, British naval - frigate: Galatea (object name)
aircraft, British naval - helicopter: Westland Wasp (object name)
operations, British naval - search: fishery protection (object name)
agriculture, British - fisheries (object name)
communications, British naval - direct: signal searchlight (object name)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: Colour
Sound format: Sound
Soundtrack language: English
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 16mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 970 ft; Running time: 30 mins
Notes: Technical: scratched
Summary: scenes from 'Drifters' by John Grierson (1929) are included in this film , courtesy of the COI. The archive footage showing paddle minesweepers and minesweeping trawlers is from the IWM
Remarks: there is no credit for an editor, and this film shows little evidence that one was employed
