Hitting The Target 1936

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Full title reads: "Hitting the target. Artillery demonstrations at Larkhill, Salisbury Plain".

Wiltshire.

British army training exercise. Tanks roll across plain, pulling heavy artillery guns behind them. Soldiers detach guns from tanks and wheel them into position. Officers watch...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
12926
Sort Number:
36/031
Time in/Out:
01:44:03:00 / 01:45:48:00
Canister:
36/31
Film ID:
879.22
Issue Date:
16/04/1936

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