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MS Mus. 39
- Record Id:
- 040-001946022
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001945975
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x000341
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 39
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MS Mus. 39. CHAGRIN COLLECTION. Vol. xxxviii. Public and commercial film music; 1939-42.
ff. 127. 348 x 272mm.
1. ff. 1-17. ‘Britain’s Youth’ (a Strand Films production commissioned by the Ministry of Information for National Fitness and directed by Alexander Shaw); 1939. Dated Aug. 1939 (f. 1). See also MS Mus 38, f. 52.
2. ff. 18-22. ‘Men Behind the Guns’ (released as ‘Behind the Guns’) (a Publicity Films production for the Ministry of Information, produced by Cecil Musk); 1940. Sketches and fragment of score only. Recorded Merton Park Studios, 29 Apr. 1940 (f. 18). For newspaper cuttings, see MS Mus. 73, f. 24.
3. ff. 23-47. ‘Carnival in the Clothes Cupboard’ (a Halas & Batchelor cartoon for Lux Soapflakes); 1940-1.
i. ff. 23-4. Synopsis.
ii. ff. 25-7. Sketches.
iii. ff. 28-47. Score, dated Jan. 1941 (f. 28).
4. ff. 48-54. ‘Women of London (Canteen on Wheels)’ (a Verity Films production for the Ministry of Information, directed by Jay Lewis); 1941. Dated Jan. 1941 (f. 48). Score, including a fourth section, possibly unrelated, entitled ‘Germ Masks (A-Tish-oo)’ (ff. 53-4).
5. ff. 55-78. ‘Fable of the Fabrics’ (a Halas & Batchelor cartoon for Lux Soapflakes); 1941. Dated 8 July 1941 (f. 55).
6. f. 79. ‘Shunter’s Black Night Off’ (released as ‘Shunter Black’s Night Off’) (a Verity Films production for the Ministry of Information, directed by Max Munden); 1941. Recorded 21 July 1941.
7. f. 79v. ‘What’s Underneath’ (a Verity Films production for the Ministry of Information, directed by Henry Cass); [1941].
8. ff. 80-82. ‘I’m a Gibson Girl’ (a Verity Films production for the Freeman Chipperfield Company); [1941].
i. ff. 80-81. Correspondence and typewritten word-sheet.
ii. f. 82. Score.
9. ff. 83-96. ‘Barbara Takes a Bath’ (a Veritas Productions, for Sunlight Soap, directed by Sidney and Muriel Box); 1942-3. Recorded 24 Jan 1942 (f. 83).
10. ff. 97-102. ‘Tank Pranks’ (a Veritas Productions, directed by Sidney and Muriel Box); 1942. Recorded 24 Jan. 1942 (f. 97).
11. ff. 103-27. ‘Train Trouble’ (a Halas & Batchelor cartoon for Kellogg’s); 1942. With a note giving perfomance directions for concert use, dated 7 June 1968 (f. 111).
i. ff. 103-8. Sketches
ii. ff. 109-27. Score, recorded 28 Apr. 1942 (f. 109).
includes:
- ff. 80-1 R. L. Freeman, chairman, the Freeman Chipperfield Company Ltd: J. Carr, of Verity Films: Letter to J. Carr from R. L. Freeman: 1941: Typewritten, signed.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001945975
036-001946020
040-001946022 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 2-83 : Francis Chagrin Collection: Music manuscripts and papers of the composer, conductor and administrator Francis Chagrin (1905-1972)
MS Mus. 38-57 : Francis Chagrin Collection: Music for Public and Commercial Films and Television Broadcasts
MS Mus. 39 : MS Mus. 39. CHAGRIN COLLECTION. Vol. xxxviii. Public and commercial film music; 1939-42. ff. 127. 348 x 272mm. 1. ff. 1-17.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001945975[0006]/036-001946020[0002]/040-001946022
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 2-83
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1939
- End Date:
- 1943
- Date Range:
- 1939-1943
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Carr, J, of Verity Films
Freeman, R L, chairman the Freeman Chipperfield Company Ltd