Army Kinema Corporation

Woven cloth shoulder title. Amber on black. The Army Kinematograph Service was formed in 1941. Originating from the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in 1939 it covered many subjects, high priority films, secret subjects, 6 pounder gun, specialised medical films, careless talk, street fighting and many others. In 1943 there were 100 mobile cinema units in the UK and one in North Africa. After the allied landings in Italy and Normandy many more went abroad. Well known people from the film world who developed through it were Carol Reed and Peter Ustinov and many others. At the end of the war it became the Army Kinema Corporation

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