Home Guard film 3759

The Home Guard in World War Two (Local Defence Volunteers). Amateur home movie. This may be the 66th Battalion West Riding Home Guard. Introductory titles. " 'B' of the 66th...The year was 1940..." Archive footage of Hitler at a Nazi meeting, small crowd of soldiers. B/W. Close up of a Ferguson wireless (radio). A bald man smoking a cigarette (Mr Everyman) listens to Mr Eden. A middle aged man wearing a cap and carrying a small suitcase walks with his wife past some bushes, they embrace goodbye. A blackboard notice reads "Police Station. Volunteers for LDV Queue Here. A policeman takes down notes. A volunteer fills in a form. Colour. A man in a Home Guard uniform looks at the camera, smoking a pipe. A crowd of Home Guards walk past the camera, some smiling and smoking, they are of all ages. Some carry rifles. Military vehicles. "We recall our first name - Parashots". A vehicle drives into the yard, a member of the Home Guard aims his weapon at a high target. B/W. The Home Guard gather by their cars and vehicles. They stand in open country. Some lay on the ground and load their rifles. Standing outside the John H Brougham pub. They are lectured in a field by a man who stands with his hand in his pocket. View from the top of a hill of men climbing up it. The men stand in a field. One stands pointing his cane. Assault course exercises. Practising throwing grenades. Bayonet practice on sacks of straw. "Weekend exercises on the Moors". Crawling into a shelter made of branches ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 17m 26s Date Found: Wed, Nov 17 2010 12:20 PM Category: Travel Date Produced: Wed, Nov 17 2010 11:44 AM View Count: 0