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1941 Britain's Home Guard conducts a battle exercise in London
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3:26Now PlayingDate: 3rd July 1941
Location: London
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Home Guard Battle of London
ENGLAND: London:
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AIR RAIDS AND A.R.P. Mock gas attack during Home Guard Battle of London..H.G. working in gas masks..red cross..tank traps and barricades in bombed streets etc. Regular Army acts as umpire
HOME GUARD (formerly known as L.D.V). Home Guards battle operations in London..from L.N.E.R.,L.M.S., and G.P.O., Units..areas barricaded tank traps..regulated army umpires..defenders wearing field service caps..attackers steel helmets..mock gas attack..(in respirators). using bayonets..red cross at work..signallers.
MILITARY BRITISH. Army Officers at as umpire at..streets Home Guard Battle of London barricaded and tank traps..bayonet fighting..operations carried out in respirators..signallers at work etc.
RED CROSS. At work during Home Guard(Mock) battle of London
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