Feeding Kitchener's Army 1914-1918

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Feeding Kitchener's army.

World war One; recruits; military; food - feeding the new volunteers in the British Army. Several men (not in uniforms yet ) stand or sit or squat outside tents. One man is serving up some food. Baked potatoes or hunk of bread dropped onto plates. The men sit on ground...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
74959
Sort Number:
ON 201 M
Time in/Out:
01:58:46:00 / 01:59:36:00
Canister:
ON 201 M
Film ID:
2332.53
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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