To Defend Our Shores AKA South African Coastal… 1940

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Unused / unissued material - dates unclear or unknown.

Title reads: "African Mirror No. 146. To Defend Our Shores."

South Africa.

Members of the South African Coastal Defence Corps train at a camp in the Cape. The men receive training in using Bren and Vickers machine guns....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
59382
Sort Number:
UN 0180 I
Time in/Out:
01:11:00:00 / 01:12:39:00
Canister:
UN 180 I
Film ID:
600.09
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CADETS 2 Coast Artillery Vickers MG

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