Britain's Citizen Army 1940

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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...

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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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