DEFENCE: Night-time splendour at Aldershot Tattoo preparations/ Roman soldiers and galley...(1931)

GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit Night-time splendour at Aldershot Tattoo: - Military band marching / then days scenes of “Roman galley“ and “roman soldiers“ (NB caption says introducing some of Gaumont’s “famous night photography“. - but it is a bit difficult to make out make out exactly what is happening ! ) 87ft Library Number GR 17250 dated 1931 Full Description: (GR 17250 - gr 2098 (3) ) CAPTION - DOING AS THE ROMANS DID (day scenes) Soldiers dressed in Roman army costume alongside replica galley ships / Officer (in 1931 army uniform) performing launching ceremony by hitting bottle against side of gallery /shop being launched into river/ lake CAPTION - THE SEA IS FAR AWAY Replica galley being pulled along grass in arena / sails of galley/ ship in water Background: Night-time splendour at Aldershot Tattoo: - Military band marching / then days scenes of “Roman galley“ and “roman s