Anti-Tank Rifle Practise 1940

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Full title reads: "Anti-Tank Rifle Practice".

France.

VS of three British soldiers practising with the latest long barrel anti-tank rifle against moving targets on a sand covered range in France.

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20606
Sort Number:
40/014
Time in/Out:
01:35:25:00 / 01:36:00:00
Canister:
40/14
Film ID:
1035.32
Issue Date:
15/02/1940

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