A Grim Spectacle And Iron Efficiency 1927

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Item title reads: "A Grim Spectacle & Iron Efficiency. The new Mechanised Army goes into action during manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain."

Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire

Opening shot has a number of small armoured cars and motor cycles driven by soldiers. They are wearing tin helmets as the...

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Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
33308
Sort Number:
G 1426
Time in/Out:
01:07:06:00 / 01:09:02:00
Canister:
G 1426
Film ID:
696.06
Issue Date:
22/08/1927

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