Lancashire Fusiliers Sports Meeting AKA… 1914-1918

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Lancashire Fusiliers sports meeting. Various shots of soldiers having sack race. M/S of soldiers crawling through row of barrels, part of obstacle race. Various shots of gymkhana event; fusiliers on horseback pick up straw dummies from ground and carry them on their...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
71501
Sort Number:
ON 018 A
Time in/Out:
01:02:35:00 / 01:04:01:00
Canister:
ON 018 A
Film ID:
1854.04
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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