| TO DEFEND OUR SHORES (aka SOUTH AFRICAN COASTAL GUN BATTERIES) | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7522 |
| Catalog #: | 503207 | |
| Clip Number: | 503207-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 180 I | |
| Timecode: | 01:04:34 - 01:08:23 | |
| Location: | South Africa. | |
| Year Shot: | 1941 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | LOCATIONS/AFRICA: South Africa WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Civil Defense WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Meals WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Misc | |
| Description: | TO DEFEND OUR SHORES (aka SOUTH AFRICAN COASTAL GUN BATTERIES) Men of the South African Coastal Defense Corps train among the sand dunes. "African Mirror No. 146. To Defend Our Shores." South Africa. Members of the South African Coastal Defense Corps train at a camp in the Cape. The men receive training in using Bren and Vickers machine guns. Good shots as they train with their gas masks. Soldiers do bayonet drill. Various shots of women volunteers in open air kitchen preparing food for the men. Food is served and eaten. Various shots of troops performing maneuvers / exercise in sand dunes on the coast. Troops run about as if in combat. Troops ready weapons like mortars, Bren guns and rifles. Shots of Defense Corps marching behind band. | |
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