LDV IN TRAINING [Main Title]

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  • Title: LDV IN TRAINING [Main Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 90
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Reel 1 (787 ft): Deepdene - Inspection; Waterloo - Drill and musketry; Charing Cross Hotel roof - Musketry; Brighton - Inspection; Lewes - Musketry. Reel 2 (802 ft): Bricklayers Arms - Squad drill and inspection; Portsmouth - Changing guard; Havant - Mounting guard post; Nine elms - Inspection. Reel 3 (476 ft): Maidstone - Exercises and inspection (rifle drill, railway patrol challenging suspects, drilling, sandbag defences, Bren carriers, officers inspect parade.)
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: BTF 90
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 90)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Southern Railway Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Local Defence Volunteers1 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: training, British military - weapons: musketry (object name) training, British military: Local Defence Volunteers (object name) Havant, Hampshire, England, UK (geography) Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK (geography) Maidstone, Kent, England, UK (geography) GB, England & London, SE <Bricklayers Arms> (geography) GB, England & London, SE <Waterloo> (geography) GB, England & London, SW <Nine Elms> (geography) GB, England & London, WC <Charing Cross> (geography) Deepdene, Surrey, England, UK (geography) Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK (geography) Lewes, Sussex, England, UK (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 3 Footage: 2065 ft; Running time: 23 mins
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    BTF 90

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