ENGLAND: London:
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Crowd of men gathered in streets as mounted policemen ride through / New British Army recruits (in uniform) being trained in marching performing drill / Officer instructing squadron of new recruits as man leaves line and marches to table where three officers are sitting and officer follows him / New Army recruits signing papers at table / Military parade on street as military band leads the way followed by soldiers carrying kit bags / Crowd of people lining streets / Parade / Men standing on pavement in queue outside Army Recruiting Office, recruiting Posters on wall - 'Each Recruit... Quicker Peace' / New recruits collecting uniforms from officers sitting at table / Crowd marching with banners / Group of new British Army recruits march out from doorway and perform drill standing at attention, at ease and about turn before marching away / Line of youths in civilian dress carrying uniform over their arms march past line of soldiers and through double doors / Squadron of soldiers marching along, each carrying a white handkerchief / Recruits marching down road carrying white handkerchiefs, traffic in background (horse-drawn and motorised vehicles) / Queue of men outside Army Recruiting office
Background: Civilians recruited to join British Army during World War I (WWI, First World War 1914-1918).