Guard's Uniform And Barracks AKA Household… 1956

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Knightsbridge Barracks, London.

A behind the scenes look at the soldiers who make up the Household Cavalry. Start off at the stables where soldiers are working. One walks past leading a horse. Another soldier is shoeing a horse and filing a shoe on horse's hoof. A group of soldiers outside...

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Cataloguer:
Carol
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2036
Sort Number:
CP 079
Time in/Out:
01:34:04:00 / 01:36:22:00
Canister:
CP 079
Film ID:
43.17
Issue Date:
02/07/1956

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