World War Two's Luckiest Man : Revealed (Original title)
Date: 06 September 2011 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Claire Whalley
Synopsis: The story of World War II veteran Alistair Urquhart. Captured by the Japanese whilst serving in Singapore, Urquhart survived as a prisoner of war on the infamous 'Death Railway' in Burma, transported on a Japanese prison ship that was torpedoed and then imprisoned near Nagasaki when the city was bombed at the end of the war.
Genre: Documentary
Subjects: World War II, Myanmar, Prisoners of war, War veterans, Nagasaki
Series title: Revealed
TV Transmissions
Date: 06 September 2011Broadcast channel: Channel 5Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 20:00-21:00Slot duration: 60 minsDigital Terrestrial - Colour - Sound
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Digital materials(1)
Description: MKVDuration: 00:45:00 minutesFFV1 v3 - BFI identifier: N-7201187
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 00:45:02 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 2011-09-06BFI identifier: N-658692
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape
Date: 06 September 2011 (Television)Country: United KingdomDirector: Claire Whalley
Synopsis: The story of World War II veteran Alistair Urquhart. Captured by the Japanese whilst serving in Singapore, Urquhart survived as a prisoner of war on the infamous 'Death Railway' in Burma, transported on a Japanese prison ship that was torpedoed and then imprisoned near Nagasaki when the city was bombed at the end of the war.
Genre: Documentary
Subjects: World War II, Myanmar, Prisoners of war, War veterans, Nagasaki
Series title: Revealed
TV Transmissions
Date: 06 September 2011Broadcast channel: Channel 5Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 20:00-21:00Slot duration: 60 minsDigital Terrestrial - Colour - Sound
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Digital materials(1)
Description: MKVDuration: 00:45:00 minutesFFV1 v3 - BFI identifier: N-7201187
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file
Video materials(1)
Description: Digital BetacamDuration: 00:45:02 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALTX date: 2011-09-06BFI identifier: N-658692
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved videotape