WINSTON CHURCHILL RETURNS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND MOSCOW, AUGUST 1942 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: WINSTON CHURCHILL RETURNS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND MOSCOW, AUGUST 1942 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ARY 24
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  • Summary: Winston Churchill returns from the Cairo and Moscow.
  • Description: The Liberator (civil registration G-AGDY) is seen taxiing and Churchill exits. He goes over and hugs his wife. The welcoming party also includes Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal. Churchill emerges from a train (Maisky is in the background) and is greeted by members of his government and Commander Thompson. The scene is one of general confusion and the crush of well-wishers.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: ARY 24
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (ARY 24)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1942-08-24
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production sponsor) RAF Film Production Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer (person) Churchill, Clementine Ogilvy Spencer (person) Eden, (Robert) Anthony (person) Maisky, Ivan M (person) Brooke, Alan Francis (person) Cripps, Richard Stafford (person) Portal, Charles Frederick Algernon (person) Attlee, Clement Richard (person) Thompson, Roy Charles Whitworth George (person)
  • Keywords: aircraft, United States - transport: Consolidated C-87 Liberator Mk II & [British] (object name)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 452 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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