I. Men of the East Kents in barracks at Winchester.

I. 'THE OLDEST REGIMENT: The Buffs (East Kents) stationed at Winchester is the oldest Regiment in the British Army'. Posed MS of a group of officers. Men fix bayonets and march off past camera. Rifle inspection - sergeant checks the open bolts and rifling.

II. Indian troops behind the lines in France.

II. 'INDIANS AT ARRAS: Indian troops return to Arras for a rest after weeks of hard fighting'. Indian troops - apparently perfectly fit - board an ambulance. British, French and Indian troops stand about chatting.

III. The Mayor of London reviews volunteer soldiers.

III. 'THE PEN AND THE RIFLE. The Lord Mayor Sir Charles Johnstone inspects the Chartered Secretaries' Corps at the Mansion House'. March past of men in bowler hats and overcoats. The Mayor inspects "the ranks".

IV. Soldiers on a cross country run.

IV. 'MILITARY ATHLETES: The Southend Harriers organise a military cross country run between the troops stationed in the vicinity'. Pan across a group of men in varied styles of running gear - they wave. The men run down street past camera. CU of the winner of the five miles race - No 139, Rifleman Jarvis of the 14th Rifle Brigade.

V. Royal Field Artillery Territorials practice digging trenches.

V. 'ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. Members of the Royal Field Artillery (Territorial) making trenches and 'dug-outs' on Hampstead Heath'. Men work with picks and shovels to dig a trench and construct a neat dug-out roofed with timber and turves. The men pose by a donkey.

Notes

Summary (item III): about 600 of the Chartered Secretaries' Drilling Corps attended a service at St Botolph's Church, Bishopsgate, with their commandant Sir Ernest Clarke. After the service the men marched to the Mansion House, accompanied by the drums and bugles of the 66th North London Scouts, where they were inspected by the Lord Mayor.

Remarks (item III): the cataloguer could not take this sequence seriously: it reminded him of a sketch from Michael Bentine's 'Square World'