EXERCISE HARLEQUIN [Allocated Title]

Further scenes of Exercise Harlequin, in the areas of Brighton, Shoreham and Newhaven.

Sergeant Legge (cameraman): Men of the 322 Battery, 103 Regiment, Royal Artillery repairing camouflage netting. Man cleaning gun on lorry. Close up of man traversing gun. Men with Bren guns on lorry. Man observing with binoculars. Group of men lining up to receive a meal. Troops stitting on boxes and tree stumps eating their meal. A despatch rider arriving at the camp. The despatch rider hands a message to Major Barry. Troops loading ammunition onto truck. Major Barry giving instructions to officers. The officers and Major Barry looking at a map. Troops removing camouflage netting from guns and trucks. A column of lorries leaving the camp. Convoy proceeding to the assembly area. Troops marching. The convoy en route to the transit area. Close up of men washing at Stanhope Camp. Men queueing up for tea. Men cleaning and washing mess tins. Close up of group of officers. Captain Carter, officer in charge. Sergeant Evans (cameraman): No. 4 Commando taking part in the exercise at Seaford, Newhaven and Lewes, commanded by Major R Dawson of the Loyal Regiment. Troops being inspected by Captain W. Boucher-Myer. Troops moving off to board vehicles. Troops cleaning weapons, laughing and chatting at the transit camp at Stanmer Park, Brighton. Men inspecting Mills hand grenades. Close up of man removing grenades from box. Various shots of men priming grenades. Parade of troops with blackened faces receiving grenades from a sergeant. Constructed shot of Commando soldiers standing ready to proceed from the transit area. A despatch rider arrives on a motorcycle and runs to an officer with documents. The officer reads the message then beckons to the Adjutant and Intelligence Officer and walks away. Intelligence Officers censoring and stamping letters. Close up of a stamp being applied. Various shots of men being served with lunch, eating from mess tins and drinking tea. Men on the grass outside their tents. View of the cookhouse at Stanmer Park. Troops being inspected before leaving. Troops marching to their vehicles. Troops singing as they march. Men boarding the vehicles. The lorries moving off.

35mm