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Home Guards learn how to fire the Thompson submachine gun, followed by exercises in concealment and silent movement. The clip comes from a 1940 instructional film produced by the Ministry of Information, titled 'Citizen's Army'. Find it in full on our film collections website: https://bit.ly/3KNDlqP Film: IWM UKY 304 | Imperial War Museum London
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Australian Home Guard (Volunteer Defence Corps) 1943 The Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) was an Australian part-time volunteer Home Guard of World War II modelled on the British Home Guard. The VDC was established in July 1940 by the Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) and was initially composed of ex-servicemen who had served in World War I. The government took over control of the VDC in May 1941, and gave the organisation the role of training for guerrilla warfare, collecting local i
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Members of the Coventry branch of the Warwickshire Home Guard parade through the streets in this amateur film shot by Lieutenant Leonard Stanley North, a rifle instructor associated with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 1942. Film: IWM MGH 6900 | Imperial War Museum London
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This 1940 amateur film captures the early days of the Home Guard, when both uniforms and weapons were in short supply. Filmed in Summerstown in south-west London, we watch as a training exercise takes place under close inspection by army officers. Film courtesy of Film London #BritainOnFilm | BFI
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