Tactical exercises 46th Battalion, Seymour

Accession Number F01114
Collection type Film
Measurement 47 sec
Object type Actuality footage
Physical description 35mm/b&w/silent
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria, Seymour
Date made December 1939
Access Open
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Members of the 46th Battalion on training manoeuvres, Seymour area, Victoria. Shows troops lying on the ground and in a natural trench operating bolts on .303 rifles. Troops charge with fixed bayonets. Soldier in steel helmet lying on the ground aiming .303 rifle. Lewis gun crew backs to camera charge magazine of gun. Horse drawn four wheeled cart moves off. Soldier mounted on right hand horse. Prone soldier dragging Vickers machine gun towards camera right over open ground. Camera pans to prone soldier moving with Vickers machine gun. Soldier lying on back dragging ammunition boxes with his feet and in his arms across open ground.

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