TRAINING OF RECRUITS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: TRAINING OF RECRUITS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 43
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Shoeburyness Barracks, Essex. Commanding Officer Colonel Lloyd MC in charge of training. Captain Hall. Recruits are trained in gun-drill and driving before being sent out to batteries for more advanced training. A lorry towing a 6-inch Howitzer down a steep slope bogs down in marshy ground and is winched out by another lorry. Colonel Lloyd watches the two-week recruits at PT.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 43
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940-10-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Carver, F K (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 667 ft; Running time: 7 mins
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    AYY 43

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