Men of various regiments board a troopship in a French port. The ship moves off and clears the harbour mouth accompanied by a P Class patrol boat. In the Channel lifebelts are issued "in case of a str...
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry parade with the standard presented by the Princess, and march to the trenches. They enter heading towards "Prowse Point", the shallow, waterlogged trench wh...
Men of 34th Sikh Pioneers digging a model trench, firstly marking out the ground with white tape. Gurkhas route marching through the rain. Men of 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders also on the march....
The film includes some fakes and a large number of stockshots. It concerns a battery of two 13-pounder Mark III anti-aircraft guns mounted on Thorneycroft lorries by Mark I lorry mounts, together with...
(Reel 1) Training the New Army - "cheery non-slackers" undergo PT, drill and bayonet practice, mounting and sabre drill for cavalry. (Reel 2) Manufacture of a 15-inch naval gun and firing trials. (Ree...