British & Australian Troops Train AKA Australians Leave (1914-1918)

Weymouth, Dorset. World War One. Various scenes of Australian & British troops; in England. Opens with Brit soldiers wearing battle helmets; some with Union Jacks sticking out of their rifles; walking alongside waiting train. Officers in FG; sort of pushing the soldiers into line. Weymouth; open square with some buildings across it. Two officers on horseback ride by. Group of soldiers march toward camera--some Brit; some Aussie. Quick CU of the soldiers standing around truck while duffel bags are tossed off. Soldiers in field; operating big gun. Officer looks through binoculars. Several other soldiers stand in distance watching. Then same guys assembling same gun; so obviously earlier shot. Next; shot of soldiers standing outside door at barracks; as various officers; etc. walk out the door; some salutes exchanged. Military. 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.
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