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        Rifle Club v 1st Mons Match

        Members of Newport and Monmouth's Rifle Clubs fire away in competitive mode whilst cows lumber by in the background.

        Home movie 1936 3 mins Silent

        From the collection of:

        Logo for National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales

        Overview

        Competitive fun for rifle club members from Newport and Monmouth who fire furiously away. One particular man, using a SMLE (Short Magazine Lee Enfield Rifle – a standard British Army weapon), is seen making notes. This footage was shot by Ernest Charles Jordan II, armed with a camera. He was the son of Newport builder Ernest Charles Jordan who also owned the town's White Rose Laundry and the Caefelin Laundry, Llangollen.

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