Heavy Gear 1940

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Full title reads: "Heavy Gear".

VS of army men driving light tanks and caterpillar tracked lorries over moorland and through rivers on a vehicle training ground in the North of England. Also shots of soldiers being taught to replace the the track on a tank while wearing gas masks and in an...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40225
Sort Number:
40/081
Time in/Out:
01:02:13:00 / 01:02:57:00
Canister:
40/81
Film ID:
1164.04
Issue Date:
07/10/1940

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