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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

5680

Title

CALLING BLIGHTY NO. 178

Producer

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

Date

1944

Gauge

35mm N

Colour

b/w

Sound

sound

Running Time

14 mins 6 secs

Description

Servicemen (and one woman) from the Royal Navy send personal messages to their loved ones back in Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Mossley and Wilmslow from a coastal location in Colombo, Ceylon. The film ends with the ‘boys and girls of the Royal Navy’ walking quietly away, smiling at the camera, with the sea in the background.

 

 



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