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Summary: Newsreel item on men of the Royal Irish Regiment training with rifle grenades, possibly Salonika, early autumn 1916.
Description: A captain demonstrates how the rifle grenade, which requires no cup, fits into the rifle. His men, using a trench periscope, fire the grenades from a trench. All are in shirtsleeves.
Production Details: Topical Film Company (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Irish Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: training, British military - weapons: rifle grenade (object name)
weapons, British - projector: rifle grenade (object name)
equipment, British - personal: trench periscope (object name)
First World War, Salonika Front (?) & (?) 9/1916 (event)
Greece & Salonika area, Macedonia (?) (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: None
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 62 ft; Running time: 1 min
Notes: Production: see IWM 651a and IWM 1061-01 for production details
Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 1061-05a-i, the can is marked as IWM 1061-05