PRELIMINARY TRAINING; ROYAL ENGINEERS [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: PRELIMINARY TRAINING; ROYAL ENGINEERS [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 48
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Arrival of civilians at 53rd Light Training Regiment Depot at Tidworth (Wiltshire). Preliminary training, kit issue, PT, incendiary bomb drill, driving instruction, tank training and battalion parade. 187th Transport Construction Company Royal Engineers employing American-type excavations to make anti-tank ditches.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 48
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940-10-19
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Rignold, Harry (Lieutenant) (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: 811 ft; Running time: 9 mins
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    AYY 48

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