2 Pounder anti-tank gun demonstration and activities of 116 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment

Accession Number F03705
Collection type Film
Measurement 18 min 45 sec
Object type Home movie
Physical description 16mm/colour (Kodachrome)/silent
Maker Congleton, Thomas Ritchie
Place made Australia: Western Australia, Fremantle, Australia: Western Australia, Rottnest Island
Date made 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: External copyright

Description

A film of the activities of the 116 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. Scenes include gun crew training with a 2 Pounder anti tank gun; troop train across the Nullabor; Fremantle; the Jones family at the Zoo; a unit camp on Rottnest Island and the unit fighting a scrub fire. The film was taken by V315121 Sergeant Thomas Ritchie Congleton.

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