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Topical Budget 260-2: 1st London Division Sports (1916)
 

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Title: "1ST LONDON DIVISION SPORTS. Bomb throwing competition and Military Obstacle Race".

A number of men stand in a trench behind a line of sandbags and practice their swing. Unidentified objects are hurled into the distance. Soldiers negotiate an obstacle race that involves trenches, a tangle of barbed wire and a shooting range.