Boys of the Bulldog Breed Topical Budget 218-1

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Boys of the Bulldog Breed Topical Budget 218-1

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Boys of the Bulldog Breed Topical Budget 218-1

London’s Screen Archives
National Gallery
1915-10-27
Silent

The young boys of West Ham Naval Brigade demonstrate their prowess with guns, swords and flags before an appreciative crowd at Trafalgar Square

There's something unnerving about this film, which shows boy soldiers aged around 10 marching with rifles as they demonstrate their readiness to join the conflict in France and Belgium. The boys of the West Ham Naval Brigade also produce an exhibition of fencing and semaphore, watched by an impressed crowd of London urchins at Trafalgar Square.

There’s something unnerving about this film, which shows boy soldiers aged around 10 marching with rifles as they demonstrate their readiness to join the conflict in France and Belgium. The boys of the West Ham Naval Brigade also produce an exhibition of fencing and semaphore, watched by an impressed crowd of London urchins at Trafalgar Square.

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