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1938 DEFENCE: Army test new light equipment
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1:11Now PlayingDate: 24th January 1938
Location: ALDERSHOT, ENGLAND
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Pack up your troubles in your new kitbag
ENGLAND: Aldershot:
Long view of infantry platoon. CU officer. Long view infantry mortar platoon rush back to lorry..& CU. Long view men run from lorry & start assemblying 3 inch trench mortar gun. Semi CU assembling gun. Semi view, CU, Full CU loading gun. Long view man with smoke granade gun..fires. Long view smoke granade bursting on ground. Long view man fires gun. Pan down grandale thru' air...& burst. CU pan of smoke screen. Long & semi views men thru' smoke screen. Long view & CU anti-tank coil-wire. Semi view & CU comparing old type bayonet (18 in. long) & new type bayonet (8 in. long). Gen. view of trucks. Semi view men work Bren gun. Long view men scramble out of truck & one fall. Long view men running with collapsible pneumatic to water. Long view boats into water. Semi CU & long view troops in boat. CU sergeant rowing.
Military - Active; Ships and Boats; Great Britain
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