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  • Short Summary

    Young Marine volunteers celebrate Tattoo at Portsmouth's home of football

  • Description

    Portsmouth, Hampshire

    Various shots of young Marine recruits doing a musical ride of wickerwork horses. Various shots of a siege on a castle with boys in period costume. Smoke is used plus a field gun. GV. Whole corps on arena for final. LS. 2 boys trumpeters on castle battlements. GV. Pan whole corps in arena. Various shots of recruit squad on musical ride on wickerwork horses. Various shots of siege of castle. Gv. Arena with corps joining the audience in evening hymn. Medium shot of corps performing "Sunset Ceremony of the Flag". Close-up of band playing. Long shot of band. Long shot of corps marching from arena.

    (See Card-Armed-Forces-Navy-British-Marines) (Orig Neg)

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2986.07
    Media URN:
    85616
    Group:
    Unissued / unused
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    1961
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:08:51:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:07:46:00 / 01:16:37:00
    Canister:
    UN 3518 A

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