Invasion Exercises By British Troops 1941

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Title reads: "Invasion Exercises by British Troops".

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Various shots of soldiers climbing a cliff with full kit and weapons. Various shots of a smoke screen being laid with mortars. Various shots of the troops charging a beach. They cross the barbed wire...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38685
Sort Number:
41/030
Time in/Out:
01:49:41:00 / 01:51:46:00
Canister:
41/30
Film ID:
1111.46
Issue Date:
14/04/1941

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