Putting Them Through Their Paces 1941

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Title reads: "Putting them through their paces".

United States of America (USA).

An U.S. army officer enters a soldiers' dormitory and blows a whistle. Various shots of a the barrack room as the soldiers get up. Various shots of men taking a shower. C/U of a sergeant giving an order....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
38540
Sort Number:
41/020
Time in/Out:
01:17:48:00 / 01:19:10:00
Canister:
41/20
Film ID:
1109.13
Issue Date:
10/03/1941

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