Aldershot Tattoo (1936)

Full title reads: “Aldershot Tattoo. Full-dress rehearsal“. Aldershot, Hampshire. Annual military show. Various shots of the “Massed Bands“ of the Aldershot Command (with 1500 musicians) marching about field whilst playing military tunes in front of full sized model of Caernarvon Castle. Spacing from 01:42:12 to 01:42:17. More shots of British Army marching bands. Various shots of soldiers dressed in period uniforms re-enacting the “storming of the stockades on Rangoon River in 1824“. Lots of smoke bombs and shouting. Some men wear white sarongs and dark make-up to play part of the Burmese soldiers. FILM ID:877.3 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Grap
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