• Short Summary

    Good shots about men joining up with the Pioneer Corps.

  • Description

    Full title reads: "30s to 50s Join Up".

    VS good shots of recruits for the Pioneer Corps (The Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps) arriving at camp in civvies, being issued with uniforms, training with machine guns, drilling with rifles on a beach, they parade past a senior officer.

    VS of the men in uniform collecting their food and eating it in the camp dining hall. CU of man eating - he seems to be enjoying it.

    MS of man in civvies fade to shot of him in uniform.

    N.B. Men joined the Pioneers if they were too old or unfit to join the normal forces. Or if they had not yet been called up.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1041.54
    Media URN:
    20731
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    22/04/1940
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:58:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:56:50:00 / 01:57:48:00
    Canister:
    40/33

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