... internal clue to production date is remark "You should get these things by Christmas", implying late 1945. For history of CALLING BLIGHTY series see article by Paul Sargent in IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM REVIEW No. ...
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... inside can and dated 26 November 1945 indicates film was sent by O.C. 13 Section AKS to County Welfare Officer, Dundee (although film is noted as CALLING BLIGHTY No. 131).
Hayes: VHS for donor please
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... soon.
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Part of the opening titles are missing. This is probably towards the very end of the Calling Blighty production run, as much reference is made to demob (the WRNS person refers to coming home 1 March). ...
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Messages home from British servicemen in India to their loved ones in Brighton. Film concludes with shots of production personnel, cameraman etc.
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No. 391 was the last issue of the CALLING BLIGHTY series.
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Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in Glasgow. Canteen scenes.
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Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Southampton area. Canteen scenes.
Indicative extract from recording: Unidentified Serviceman: Howdy there! I think your husband ...
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Fragment only. Sergeant George Roland ("Roly") Plews, standing beside Gunner Burnell, sends a message home from India to his wife Elsie and his mother in Newcastle, saying he is healthy and has just travelled one thousand miles to record his greeting ...
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Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area.
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Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
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Messages home from British army personnel stationed in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
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Messages home from British Naval personnel in India (including WRNS) to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
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Messages home from British RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area (including Bolton). External scenes.
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Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
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Messages home from British Army personnel (with Black African Labour corps) in India to their loved ones in the Manchester, Stockport and Birmingham areas. External scenes.
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Messages home from British Army personnel in Burma to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes on the banks of the Irrawaddy.
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Messages home from British Army personnel in Mandalay, Burma to their loved ones in the Worcester area. External scenes (evidence of the aftermath of the fighting in Mandalay in background).
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See 'Keep smiling, keep those chins up ...
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Messages home from British RAF and Naval personnel in Burma to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes.
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Messages home from British Army and RAF personnel in Burma to their loved ones in the Manchester area. External scenes (Irrawaddy?).
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Messages home from British Forces stationed in Malaya
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Messages home from British Forces stationed in Malaya
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Messages home from British Forces stationed in India
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Messages home from British Forces stationed in India
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Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Norwich area. Canteen scenes.
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Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Liverpool and St Helens area. Canteen scenes.
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Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Worcester area. Canteen Scenes.
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Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel (including WRNS) in India to their loved ones in the Oldham area. Canteen scenes.
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Roy Francis is one of the servicemen appearing. He is referred to only as 'Roy'.
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Messages home from British Army and Navy personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. Canteen scenes.
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Messages home from British Army and RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. Canteen scenes.
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Messages home from British Army and RAF personnel in India to their loved ones in the Brighton area. Canteen scenes.
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Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Manchester area. Canteen scenes.
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Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in Brighton.
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Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in Brighton, Haywards Heath, Newhaven and Hastings (Sussex).
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Messages home from British servicemen (RAF, RN) in Polonnaruwa, Ceylon to their loved ones in Dundee, Scotland. External scenes.
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Messages home from British Army personnel in India to their loved ones in the Brighton and Hastings areas. Canteen scenes
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Messages home from British servicemen in India to their loved ones in Dundee, Scotland. Canteen scenes.
Those appearing: Dvr D W Rennie, RASC to his wife, Mrs D W Rennie, 12 Kingscross Road, Beechwood; Stoker I A J ...
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Messages home from British servicemen in India to their loved ones in Dundee, Scotland and to some in South Wales. Canteen scenes.
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Messages home from British Army personnel stationed in Burma to their loved ones in the Leicester area. Filmed in a tented field, a group of soldiers take it in turn to present a personal message to their family and friends in England. One man holds ...
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Messages home from British Naval and Army personnel stationed in India to their loved ones in the Leicester area. Filmed in a makeshift canteen, the group take it in turn to present a personal message to their family and friends in England. Some ...
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