HOME GUARD AT TONBRIDGE AND GROVE PARK [Main Title]

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  • Title: HOME GUARD AT TONBRIDGE AND GROVE PARK [Main Title]
  • Film Number: BTF 92
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  • Summary: Home Guard activities at Tonbridge and Grove Park.
  • Description: 1st Battalion at Tonbridge: Platoon drilling, rifle practice, YMCA mobile canteen serving troops, officer hands out prizes. 6th Battalion at Grove Park: Troops drilling in hall, inspection by elderly officer, prizegiving.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: BTF 92
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (BTF 92)
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1941
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Southern Railway Film Unit (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Home Guard, 1st Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Home Guard, 6th Battalion (regiment/service) Young Men's Christian Association (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ceremonies, British - event-related: prizegiving (object name) society, British military - sustenance (object name) training, British military: Home Guard drill (object name) transport, British civilian - truck, special: mobile canteen (object name) Tonbridge, Kent, England, UK (geography) GB, England & London, SE <Grove Park> (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 627 ft; Running time: 7 mins
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