Assault course demonstration Mughazi Camp, Palestine

Accession Number F07005
Collection type Film
Measurement 11 min 59 sec
Object type To be confirmed
Physical description 35mm/b&w/mute
Maker Military History Section
Place made British Mandate of Palestine: Palestine, Gaza, Mughazi
Date made 1941
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

Demonstration of the assault course at Mughazi Camp, Palestine, 1941. Shows explosions around dummy tanks. Soldier throws a bomb at a tank. Soldiers firing 2 inch mortars. Troops running over the bare ground of the assalt course towards the smoke bombs. Smoke bombs and mortar shells bursting on the hillside of the assault course. Soldiers practice bayonet charge and bayonet straw filled dummies. Various scenes of soldiers throwing hand grenades and soldiers equipped with rifle grenades. A gap is blown through the barbed wire and troops charge through the gap. Soldiers drinking beer. Various shots of a demonstration of an incendiary device and an unarmed combat demonstration.

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