Foot Slogging

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1571A
Date Released
16 Jul 1959
Stories in this Issue:

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Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Foot Slogging. DESCRIPTION: Boots, boots, boots! Thirteen hand-picked volunteers of the 8th Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment (TA) were on a hundred-mile march from Land’s End to Okehampton. It’s part of their training for the Nijmegen marching competition later this year. SHOTLIST: GV soldiers marching. FS troops on the march. CU feet. Various scenes troops marching. BS band. Marching. CU soldier takes off boot. CU boots steaming. Marching from Lands End to Okehampton.
Keywords
Music and dance; Food and cooking; Ceremonies; Civil defence; Territorial Army; Military
Locations
England
Footage sources
Plymouth Films
Card file number
77625
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
75
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Foot Slogging', British Movietone News Issue No. 1571A, 16 Jul 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23119 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)