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IOR/L/PS/12/3870
- Record Id:
- 040-000558944
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 037-000558776
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001b6
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055109651.0x000002
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PS/12/3870
- Title:
- Coll 30/136 'Film productions: Facilities for film-producing units.'
- Scope & Content:
-
The file concerns the making of a documentary film by the Strand Film Company, London, concerning the Imperial Airways route between the United Kingdom and Australia, which involved filming at Sharjah.
The papers include: telegrams dated 1936 giving permission for the filming from the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and the Government of India, provided no aerial photographs were made of prohibited areas, such as mosques, and military bases; a letter from Imperial Airways to the India Office dated 3 November 1936 describing the proposals for the filming at Sharjah (folio 12); and correspondence dated 1937 concerning the gift of three silver watches from Imperial Airways to the Shaikh of Sharjah, in gratitude for his providing facilities for the making of the film.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Records
Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000538283
036-000554996
037-000558776
040-000558944 - Is part of:
- IOR/L/PS : Political and Secret Department Records
IOR/L/PS/12 : Departmental Papers: Political (External) Files and Collections
IOR/L/PS/12/3709-3976 : Political (External) Collection 30: Persian Gulf
IOR/L/PS/12/3870 : Coll 30/136 'Film productions: Facilities for film-producing units.' - Hierarchy:
- 032-000538283[0012]/036-000554996[0031]/037-000558776[0168]/040-000558944
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: IOR/L/PS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (16 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100000000648.0x0001b6
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1936
- End Date:
- 1937
- Date Range:
- 27 Oct 1936-13 May 1937
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 17; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.The file contains one foliation anomaly, f 10A
- Former External References:
- Coll 30/136
- Arrangement:
- The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Public Record(s)