Czech Soldiers Learn Grenade Throwing 1938

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Czechoslovakia.

Various shots of Czech soldiers in training, as they run along trenches and throw hand grenades over the top. Other soldiers run across the field to try to attack those in the trench.

Commentator talks of "what would happen to Czechoslovakia if a bigger and stronger...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17228
Sort Number:
38/046
Time in/Out:
01:16:05:00 / 01:16:53:00
Canister:
38/46
Film ID:
969.18
Issue Date:
09/06/1938

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