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... GUNNERY TRAINING IN THE FLEET AIR ARM AN INSTRUCTOR DEMONSTRATING THE USE OF A CAMERA-GUN TO A RATTNr. (C.P.) This is one of the first photographs to be taken at a naval air station since the outbreak of war, and shows an instructor teaching a rating to work a camera-gun. At this particular station signaller-gunners drawn from the lower deck are trained for duty with the Fleet Air Arm. By a ...

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... GERMANS FOR WHOM THE WAR IS ALREADY OVER PRISONERS OF WAR PLAYING FOOTBALL AND (RIGHT) A PRISONER RECEIVING ORDERS Aitnough certain prisoners of war at Donnington Hall between 1914 and 1918 made capital out of their experiences by painting adverse pictures, of their life j *n England in post-war books, the majority of German prisoners here were fully content. Indeed, it was sometimes ...

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... ON THE PROPAGANDA FRONT B.B.C. MONITORS AT WORK -- EXPERT LINGUISTS WHO LISTEN-IN TO ALL FOREIGN BROADCASTS. (Keystone Photos.) The War in the Ether has not developed into the chaos of jamming that was predicted by many experts; but the B.B.C. has taken many defensive measures and is playing an important part on the propaganda front- This entails constant monitoring that is. listening-in to ...

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... THE 41 CITY OF FLINT,*' THE U.S. SHIP CAPTURED BY THE DEUTSCHLAND BUT FREED BY THE NORWEGIANS, WHO INTERNED THE PRIZE CREW. (Planet.) The release of the American merchant ship City of Flint by the Norwegian authorities on November 3 caused an outburst of fury in Germany, and the Nazi Government lodged a protest in Oslo. The vessel, it will be remembered, was stopped by the 44 Deutschland 44 on ...

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... TRAINING MEN FOR OUR MECHANISED ARMY A UNIT OF THE ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS AT AN INSTRUCTION CENTRE IN ENGLAND. (Keystone.) ...

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... MANOEUVRES ON THE SAND-TABLE MEN OF THE ROYAL TANK REGIMENT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION IN TACTICS WITH THE AID OF MODEL TANKS. (S. and G.) v -jj Tank manoeuvres require a large area of ground to be successful, but the use of a sand-table, built up to represent a miniature stretch of countryside, enables instruction in tactics to be given indoors. This is an efficient and convenient method. The ...

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... INDICATING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GERMAN TANK A ROYAL ARMOURED CORPS INSTRUCTOR SHOWING MEN FOREIGN EQUIPMENT. {Keystone.) ...

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... The He. 1 1 1 K bomber is larger than the Dorniers, and roughly in the same class as the Vickers- Armstrongs Well ington. Its lay-out and working details can be studied from the diagram below appears the He. 1 1 1 K brought down in Scotland on October 28, after a thrilling chase by R.A.F. fighters (de- 1 tails were given in our last week's issue). [Continued, opposite. j Continued. J The He ...

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... j FIRING LUMINOUS BULLETS DURING TARGET PRACTICE AT NIGHT A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN BY THE LIGHT OF BREN-GUN TRACER-BULLETS. Under modern conditions of war the struggle for position is, by the nature of 1 things, carried on mainly at night. Such activities as patrols, wiring parties, and surprise raids for enemy prisoners are all part and substance of night I positional warfare while listening-posts ...

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... Brylcreem Brylcreem Dress bu the right hair dressing- MODERN ARMY DRESS CALLS FOR 1 You can't hide untidy hair under the modern army cap. It's best dressed by the right dressing Brylcreem. Right because it contains no gums or other injurious ingredients. Right because it controls hair without stiffening or plastering it. IHANDY TUBES FOR ACTIVE SERVICE Afm ALSO JARS AND BOTTLES Larger bottles ...

The Passing Hour: Wartime Comments and Asides

... The Passing Hour Wartime Comments and Asides By A. G. Macdonell THE dramatic sprint of King Leopold to confer with Queen Wilhelmina at first made everyone believe that Belgium and Holland were on the verge of being invaded by Germany, and that the two monarchs were planning combined defensive measures. Then it transpired that they were planning a Peace sugges tion, and offering their services ...

Published: Wednesday 15 November 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1822 | Page: Page 4, 6 | Tags: Photographs 

Four Engagements

... Miss Elizabeth Welleslev Harlip Elizabeth Wellesley and Thomas Clyde announced their engagement at the end of October and are being married on Saturday at St. Peter's, Vere Street. She is the only daughter of Lord and Lady George Wellesley, of 3, Chester Terrace, N.W.I, and niece of the Duke of Wellington He is the son of W. P. Clyde, of New York, and Mrs. Allan Kyle, of 25, Montagu Square, W ...

Published: Wednesday 15 November 1939
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 292 | Page: Page 8 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs