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Return to Dunkirk

Series

Series Name
Mining Review 3rd Year

Issue

Issue No.
12
Date Released
Aug 1950
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Gala Days
  2. 2Gala Days
  3. 3Miner Inventors
  4. 4Return to Dunkirk

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
BFI Summary - Two miners return to Dunkirk on the 10th anniversary.
BFI synopsis: Ray Brown and John McColl from Chislet Colliery (Kent) travel to Dunkirk in the converted lifeboat Salvador captained by Douglas Kirckcaldie. Includes scenes of the "little ships" and the commemoration services.
Researcher Comments
According to bfi sources, this story was filmed from the 4th to the 5th May 1950.
Keywords
Commemorations; Ships and boats; Mining
Locations
France; Dunkirk
Footage sources
War Office Library
Written sources
British Film Institute Databases   Used for Synopsis
Credits:
Camera
Charles Wilford Smith
Production Co.
Documentary Technicians Alliance
Director
John Gaudioz
Producer
Leslie Shepard
Sponsor
National Coal Board
Camera
Wolfgang Suschitzky

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