Film Number

5687

Title

CALLING BLIGHTY NO. 273

Producer

Combined Kinematograph Services Film Production & Training Centre for The Directorate of Welfare and Amenities. DSK

Date

c1945

Gauge

35mm N

Colour

b/w

Sound

sound

Running Time

11 mins 46 secs

Description

Servicemen from Manchester, Stockport and Salford send personal messages home to their loved ones from the grounds of Central Studios in Bombay. The men deliver their messages in a variety of set-piece situations: in the garden, in a courtyard, listening to the radio by a parked car and on a bench. Includes a brief scene in which one group ‘interrupts’ filming to ask what is going on and are invited to deliver their own messages. The film ends with the group of contributors walking silently away from the camera, turning back to wave as they go.