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Britain's Citizen Army 1940
Description
Full title reads: "Britain's Citizen Army".
VS Including good CUs of various men in the Home Guard, of a parade being inspected by the Home Guard C-in-C General Sir Henry Parnall.
MS of two home guardsmen pretending they have seen a parachutist,one man stays on watch the other runs...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Mark
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 21000
- Sort Number:
- 40/062
- Time in/Out:
- 01:42:46:00 / 01:44:54:00
- Canister:
- 40/62
- Film ID:
- 1051.40
- Issue Date:
- 01/08/1940
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