Model Battlefield 1936

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Model battlefield. Part of issue VIEWS OF VARIETY.

Unsure of location of events - could be Salisbury, Wiltshire.

Soldiers and officers of British Army use folding canvas map. The map is stretched out like a table and models of tanks, jeeps and men are moved about it to simulate manoeuvres....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
41681
Sort Number:
NSP 021
Time in/Out:
01:33:18:00 / 01:34:23:00
Canister:
NSP 21
Film ID:
1220.21
Issue Date:
20/08/1936

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War & Revolution
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1936/08/20 Wochenschau

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