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Cameramen at War (1944)
 

Courtesy of the Imperial War Museum

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35mm, black and white, 14 mins
 
DirectorLen Lye
Production CompanyRealist Film Unit
CommentatorRaymond Glendenning
 
From the Imperial War Museum Loan Collection

Featuring: Sidney Bonnett (Gaumont-British), Leslie Murray (Universal), Jimmy Gemmell, Ian Struthers, Doug Hardy, Ted Candy, Frank 'Taxi' Purnell (Universal), Jack Cotter, Peter Ashwood, Charles Martin

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Well-known cameramen on battlefronts over the world and some of the shots they brought back

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A tribute to the cameramen of the newsreel companies and the service film units, in the form of a compilation of film of the cameramen themselves, their training and some of their most dramatic film. An excellent portrayal of how 'news' in pictures was gathered.

IWM Film and Video Archive Loans Catalogue (2000)

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Complete film (13:45)
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SEE ALSO
Public Opinion (1945)
War Front (1941)
Lye, Len (1901-1980)