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DetailsOriginal Format: 35mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Silent Duration: 11 mins 7 secs Genre: Local Topical
Summary This local topical film shows young men at a military training camp fighting and playing games for the camera believed to be at Blackhill in County Durham. At Blackhall railway station the troops are loaded onto a train heading, it is believed, to a training camp at Tow Law. Locals watch nearby as their loved ones leave. From the back of a horse-ca ...
Description This local topical film shows young men at a military training camp fighting and playing games for the camera believed to be at Blackhill in County Durham. At Blackhall railway station the troops are loaded onto a train heading, it is believed, to a training camp at Tow Law. Locals watch nearby as their loved ones leave. From the back of a horse-cart views of the town and people of Consett. The regiment featured is possibly the Durham Light Infantry, 6th Battalion.