Home Guard At School 1940

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Full title reads: "Home Guard School".

VS Good shots of men of the Home Guard being taught how to throw grenades, how to look after a rifle and how to block and defend a road. They are taught how to build models to plan attacks.

VS of home guardsmen on manoeuvres practising how to...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
21007
Sort Number:
40/062
Time in/Out:
01:51:47:00 / 01:52:48:00
Canister:
40/62
Film ID:
1051.47
Issue Date:
01/08/1940

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0:010:020:030:04

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