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Happy Warriors
A soldier gets the bumps – and look how incredibly high he goes – in this brief newsreel from inside an army camp on the outskirts of London in Shoreham.
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Overview
Soldiers identified as being members of “the Sussex and Middlesex terriers” are shown in camp in the countryside outside London. They are seen cleaning equipment, pulling dinner out of a clay oven and then giving a fellow soldier the bumps – and he really does get thrown incredibly high. The film ends with a march past, with a band playing, solders saluting and a general looking on.
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