Army Darts Team Aka 1,000,001 Darts (1962)

Didcot, Berkshire. L/S of soldiers in a parade ground doing star jumps, they turn round and start hand to hand combat with each other. Various shots of two of the soldiers fighting. L/S of soldiers laid down on a rifle range practising, there is a red flag on the right, and an officer is walking about in the background. L/S from behind the men as they fire at targets on a small hill. M/S as the officer bends down to one of the men and gives him advice as he fires. L/S of the targets which are man-shaped, the numbers 1 to 7 are above them. Interior. M/S of soldiers lining up in the NAAFI in front of a dartboard, an officer is holding a stopwatch and he gives the instruction to start throwing. M/S as one soldier throws three darts and moves aside, the next soldier throws his dart and so on. The narrator explains they are trying to beat the record darts marathon held by an RAF unit in Cyprus of 1,000,001 darts in 21 and three quarter hours. M/S of another soldier stood by the dartboard, he remov
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