To Defend Our Shores Aka South African Coastal Gun Batteries (1940)

Unused / unissued material - dates unclear or unknown. Title reads: “African Mirror No. 146. To Defend Our Shores.“ South Africa. Members of the South African Coastal Defence Corps train at a camp in the Cape. The men receive training in using Bren and Vickers machine guns. Good shots as they train with their gas masks. Soldiers do bayonet drill. Various shots of women volunteers in open air kitchen preparing food for the men. Food is served and eaten. Various shots of troops performing manoeuvres / exercise in sand dunes on the coast. Troops run about as if in combat. Troops ready weapons like mortars, Bren guns and rifles. Shots of Defence Corps marching behind band. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection,