Soldiers Train For Trenches AKA 9th West Yorks (1914-1918)

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. 9th West Yorkshires in training at Mansfield; England; in preparation for trench warfare. Opens with shot of field with barracks in distance. Boom! Suddenly an explosion on the ground. Shot of two British soldiers standing in low trench; lighting a bomb or grenade or whatever; and then throwing it. Shot of soldier throwing another; pan to explosion. And another; same. Next; the two men working on catapult set up in the trench; pulling back spring mechanism with bomb in it; letting it go; launching bomb. Weapons. World War One. Military. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930