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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

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Film Number

621

Title

CALLING BLIGHTY NO. 183

Producer

Services Film Centre, India for The Directorate of Welfare and Amenities

Date

1944

Gauge

35mm N

Colour

b/w

Sound

sound

Running Time

10 mins 53 secs

Description

RAF servicemen send personal messages to their loved ones back home in the North West of England from Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. The first group of airmen take turns to approach the camera whilst their colleagues play football in the background. The final three men interrupt their work on a truck engine to deliver their messages. The films ends with the whole group walking quickly towards and past the camera, cheering and waving.

 

 



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