Commando Course For Vehicles 1943

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Full title reads: "COMMANDO COURSE FOR VEHICLES".

Location unknown.

At infantry driving school despatch riders ride through a depth of water as part of their training - various shots of the men driving. Several shots of a Jeep being driven down steep slope and through very thick mud....

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
37910
Sort Number:
43/011
Time in/Out:
01:29:35:00 / 01:31:12:00
Canister:
43/11
Film ID:
1075.16
Issue Date:
08/02/1943

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