| WARFARE 1815 AND 1925 Soldiers at the Searchlight Tattoo in Aldershot re-enact battles from 1815 and the present day. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5314 |
| Catalog #: | 244073 | |
| Clip Number: | 244073-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1198 | |
| Timecode: | 01:46:10 - 01:48:16 | |
| Location: | Aldershot, Hampshire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | EXHIBITIONS: Military, Tattoo HISTORICAL RECREATIONS: Military Battles LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Hampshire, Aldershot MILITARY: Army, British | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 510695 Warfare! - 1815 and 1925. Re-enactment of Waterloo and modern battle makes many striking contrasts at this year's wonderful Searchlight Tattoo. Aldershot, Hampshire. ' - then!' L/S of the troops lined up, everyone starts running as the 1815 battle commences, there is smoke from cannon fire and horses ride through, various shots of the troops fighting. M/S of soldiers firing their weapons. M/S of nurses tending to wounded on battlefield, M/S as the injured are carried away on a wooden cart with the nurses still looking after them. ' - now!' L/S of soldiers running along through the smoke, others lay on the ground with their guns. M/S as lots of soldiers emerge from a shack and lie on the floor with guns. M/S of a tank driving along, it demolishes part of the shack. M/S of men wearing bits of tree as camouflage, they run across the field followed by soldiers with guns. M/S of a first aid dog stood over a wounded soldier on a stretcher, other soldiers attend to him. L/S as he is carried along on a stretcher, an ambulance drives onto the field. | |
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