Title:PATHE GAZETTE (1925) - IF YOU WOULD HAVE PEACE ETC ! [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 1064-03c
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Summary: Newsreel item on the Army manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain, summer 1925.
Description: Infantry line up beside their bell tent camp for training. Taken out onto a road, they break ranks to have the scheme explained. A Lewis gun team (note no magazine fitted) is instructed on siting its weapon in a hayrick. A soldier shows a sniping position - he is joined by the Lewis team.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: training, British military - combat (object name)
weapons, British - smallarm: Lewis machine gun (object name)
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, UK (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 91 ft; Running time: 2 mins