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African natives prepare for air attack. Guarding against possible enemy attacks in Africa, British troops are training African natives in anti-aircraft units. The instructors, veterans of the Battle of Britain, have found the natives apt students and cool under fire. An African unit is shown loading one of the thirty-seven millimeter ack-ack guns under the supervision of British non-commissioned officers and commissioned officers

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African natives prepare for air attack. Guarding against possible enemy attacks in Africa, British troops are training African natives in anti-aircraft units. The instructors, veterans of the Battle of Britain, have found the natives apt students and cool under fire. An African unit is shown loading one of the thirty-seven millimeter ack-ack guns under the supervision of British non-commissioned officers and commissioned officers

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi
Film copy on SIS roll 32, frame 1321.

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01/01/1940
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africa
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