Training Cavalry Recruits 1914-1918

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Training Cavalry Recruits.

Location of events unknown - London?

Soldiers on horseback in rows in a park. They practice keeping in straight rows while turning (something they haven't mastered yet). Next they train at jumping - as officer sitting on horse watches; they jump over a barrier...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
66038
Sort Number:
ON 191 C
Time in/Out:
01:00:02:00 / 01:00:49:00
Canister:
ON 191 C
Film ID:
2328.01
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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