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1942 Britain's school of Army training
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8:13Now PlayingDate: 23rd April 1942
Location: Unknown location
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Gaumont British Ident
SLATE INFORMATION: The World at War - Attack - Sensational Pictures of Army Training - The Toughest Eyeful Outside Actual Battle
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British soldiers receive training at the British Army's School of Battle Drills including oral training by instructors inside school, training using live ammunition in an actual village and other realistic simulated wartime situations
AEROPLANES R.A.F.. & NAVAL PLANES. Aeroplanes co-operate w.army in ADVANCE ASSAULT COURSE..diving overhead w.sirens attached
GUNS. Automatic weapons used in street mopping up exercises
MILITARY BRITISH. ADVANCED ASSAULT COURSE -- ATTACK...troops instructed at school..hand grenades & automatic weapons, used for mopping up in street fighting..artillery barrage..planes w. sirens..troops at double..hit by sandbag..falls in ground trap..walk thro' stream & smoke pit..cross wire bridge..over stream, one falls thro' explosion..rifle firing
RIFLES Rifle shooting completes course of ADVANCED ASSAULT COURSE..one soldier lying on ground firing..panting after cross country run on manoeuvres
SCHOOLS Advanced training school for troops
SMOKE SCREEN ETC. Troops jump into smoke pit..
Military - Active
WWII, World War II, Second World War, World War Two, war, Allies, Allied Forces, soldiers, training, exercises, infantry
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