Title:ARUNDEL PARK CAMP COMPETITION [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 342
Other titles:AMATEUR FILM OF TERRITORIAL ARMY TRAINING / HOME MOVIE BY JOHN DUNLOP [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur film showing the Territorial Army manoeuvres, exercises and presentations. Inter-titles throughout describe the action. The last quarter of the film consists of home movie material.
Description: Territorial Army men , some in civilian clothing, run through woodland. Presentation of trophies and cups in open air. Men in full kit set up guns (Villers .303 machine guns?) and fire them. Troops and civilians at camp. Major General W D Dugan, CB, CMG, DSO Commanding 56th (1st London) Division. Cups are awarded by a lady. Rangers' teams receive their awards. Men pose for the camera. Lieut Col G M B Portman commands the Rangers on horseback. Sergeant T Wilson with the Transport Cup. Brief shot of an RAF public address truck. Troops watch as a bi-plane flies low overhead. Demonstration of anti-aircraft artillery practice. Caption encouraging men to recruit.
Home movie scenes of amateur dramatics in the open-air. A group of youths perform Julius Caesar. View of the gardens. Man in uniform with sword goes to car. Young boy pitches a tent in the garden. Boats in an estuary.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM OF TERRITORIAL ARMY TRAINING / HOME MOVIE BY JOHN DUNLOP [Alternative Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:
Object_Number:MGH 342
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM (see note in Acquisition File)
Featured Period:
Production Date:1935
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Dunlop, John (Production individual)