National Army Museum

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

612

Date Released

15 Sep 1966

Date recorded

26 Aug 1966

Length of issue (in feet)

685

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1National Army Museum
2. 2Queen Mary Breaks Record
3. 3Aussie Axemen

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Our story gets off to a thunderous start with a noisy demonstration of a Khyber-pass-age carbine - a prelude to an antique armoury with enough ancient firearms, spears and home-made guns to re-stage all the battles of the past. Historians become gunsmiths at the National Army Museum at Camberley to keep their store of weapons in working order. We also see the bones of Napoleon’s favourite horse and the manoeuvrable toy soldiers used to teach tactics to cadets.

Keywords

Weapons; History and archaeology

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

280

Story extras:

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