Fitting For Egypt 1936

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Item title reads - Fitting out for Egypt. 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards at Chelsea Barracks.

Chelsea, Greater London.

Grenadier Guards collect the uniforms they will be wearing in Egypt.
Various shots of the Grenadier Guards lined up on parade ground drilling with their guns....

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12427
Sort Number:
36/020
Time in/Out:
01:28:22:00 / 01:29:30:00
Canister:
36/20
Film ID:
855.15
Issue Date:
09/03/1936

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