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Film Number

622

Title

CALLING BLIGHTY NO. 199

Producer

Combined Kinematograph Services Film Production and Training Centre. For the Directorate of Welfare and Amenities DSK.

Date

1944

Gauge

35mm N

Colour

b/w

Sound

sound

Running Time

14 mins 48 secs

Description

Men from the Black East African Regiment moving timber in camp area. Messages home - the men, mainly from Stockport and Blackburn, pass on their messages home whilst playing badminton and map reading. Ends with an African tribal dance performed by the East African troops.

 

 



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