Home Guard Issue Title - Are We Downhearted? 1941

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No title - Home Guard training.

Filmed in Bisley, Surrey and London.

M/S as buses and trucks carrying the Home Guard draw up at Bisley. Various shots as the men get out. Various shots as they stand together then march to the firing range. C/U's of the older men. M/S's of ammunition...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43254
Sort Number:
NSP 268
Time in/Out:
01:46:49:00 / 01:48:59:00
Canister:
NSP 268
Film ID:
1304.23
Issue Date:
19/05/1941

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