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Ship's Cat: Flip Book
Series: Flip Book
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During the Second World War, cats played a vital role aboard warships. Valued for their practicality in protecting food stores and maintaining hygiene, they also provided sailors with comfort and companionship during the hard realities of war. Using rare archival footage from IWM's unique collection, this...
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Come face to face with a group of sailors posing with the ship's cat on board HMS Belfast in this scene reproduced from IWM's Film Archive.
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During the Second World War, cats played a vital role aboard warships. Valued for their practicality in protecting food stores and maintaining hygiene, they also provided sailors with comfort and companionship during the hard realities of war.
Using rare archival footage from IWM's unique collection, this flip book brings to life a group of sailors posing with the ship's mascot on board HMS Belfast during the Second World War.
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ISBN: 9781911748168
Publisher: Imperial War Museum
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 July 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Imperial War Museum
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 100.0mm
Height: 60.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 160
About the Author
IWM has managed a Film Archive since it was first established in 1917. The constantly growing collection extends to over 25,000 hours of moving images, representing a wide and diverse range of material from public and service information films, documentaries and unedited combat film, through to official newsreels and amateur films.
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