[24th Battery Australian Field Artillery 1927-1930] Accession Number: F03524

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Activities of the 24th Battery Australian Field Artillery 15th Brigade 4th Division filmed by Lieutenant Raymond Stewart Norton Carter between 1927 and 1930 mainly at Seymour Victoria. Reveille at camp. Watering horses. A morning is devoted to mounted sports. 18 pounder guns and limbers. After lunch training begins in earnest. Setting up and firing 18 pounders. Battery limbered up and on the move. Broadmeadows 1929 the last school for NCOs under compulsory military training. Showgrounds 1930 the 24th team makes the faster time. The 'Battle' of Mount Albert. Artillery and infantry manoeuvers. A motorized 4.5 inch howitzer. (Adapted from film titles).

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Accession Number
F03524
Cinematographer
Captain Raymond Stewart Norton Carter
Classification
Film
Object Type
Home movie
Physical Description
Base: acetate
Colour: b&w
Film type: ORP
Format: 16mm
Sound: silent
Measurement
Duration: 0h 14' 27"
Footage: 344 ft
Projection speed: 16 fps
Date Made
1927-1930
Place Made
Seymour
Whole/Part
Intellectual record
Item Count
1
Access
Open
Copyright
AWM copyright

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