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  • Short Summary

    Huge military training camp in New Zealand where their army recruits go through basic training

  • Description

    Vast training camp. New Zealand.

    World War One. Huge military training camp in New Zealand; where their army recruits go through basic training. Aerial shot moving over the camp: many tents; some permanent buildings; some groups of soldiers marching or standing in rows.

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    Film ID:
    1862.12
    Media URN:
    71330
    Group:
    Old negatives
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:50:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:11:49:00 / 01:12:39:00
    Canister:
    ON 037 L

Comments (1)

  1. kiwibass says

    This is Trentham Military Camp, north of Wellington. It was the the first permanent camp for training soldiers in World War One. This is taken probably in 1915 as the camp became increasingly a barrack camp from mid-1915.
    After the war it became of the New Zealand Army's main bases and is still in use today. However virtually nothing of the WW1 camp remains.

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