Fighting Fit 1941

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Fighting fit. Location of events unknown

Various shots of recruits being put through physical training and after the loosening up they perform with large tree trunks, throwing them about etc. MS The soldiers in their P.T. kit run towards camera and then a dissolve and they are wearing battle...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
93402
Sort Number:
41/070
Time in/Out:
01:05:33:00 / 01:07:06:00
Canister:
41/70
Film ID:
3465.08
Issue Date:
01/09/1941

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