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  • Short Summary

    Shots of the British army on realistic manoeuvres - good material.

  • Description

    Title is written in Cyrillic Script - Translates as 'English Army At Krak'.
    Issue sheet says "Ready For Anything - The Army On Its Toes".

    MS Army Despatch rider handling message to officer.

    VS Showing soldiers running from their barracks boarding troop transports which take them to assault course where they take part in large manoeuvres across moors and sand dunes, some good shots of British troops advancing across open country and running into attack with bayonets fixed and firing from trenches. Includes shots of stretcher bearers helping with wounded. Good shots of soldiers cutting and crawling through barbed wire.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1053.14
    Media URN:
    21028
    Group:
    Pathe newsreels
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    08/08/1940
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:50:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:11:41:00 / 01:13:31:00
    Canister:
    40/64

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