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Topical Budget 218-2: An Incentive to Recruiting (1915)
 

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"An incentive to recruiting: recruiting sergeants avail themselves of the interest shown in the war trophies and secure many recruits in answer to the King's call for men." Single shot of a Scottish highland pipe band leading a column of men in mufti marching on Horse Guards' Parade, some of the men waving their hats cheerfully at the camera.