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1940 DEFENCE / SOUTH AFRICA: World War 2: South Africa tightens defence
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0:42Now PlayingDate: 27th June 1940
Location: DURBAN, STH. AFRICA.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Durban, Sth. Africa: GV South Africa camp. LV Active Citizen Force training. SV & CU Royal Durban Lt. infantry training with trench mortar. LV Royal Durbans training with machine guns. SV Machine guns in positions. TV WAAF girls marching through street with band. SV Band passing. TV Girls marching. SV Marching past. TV & SV Girls in dark uniforms marching along street. GV Men of the Royal Lt. Infantry marching through street.
Military - Active; British Empire; World War II (Second World War)
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