Nice IWM footage - "Our Grip on the Huns in East Africa"

[Ithklur]

Accidentally stumbled across this and must think of a certain bunch of enthusiasts who surely would like to watch...

Soldiers of the King's African Rifles patrolling into the bush, supplied by light canoes bringing equipment up to the frontier outposts.

The 25th Battalion, the Royal Fusiliers, better known as 'The Frontiersmen' or 'Driscoll's Scouts', moving up country and encamping.

Wheeled mortars being cast and scratch-built from molten metal, and later test fired. A horse being camouflaged using potassium

permanganate to darken its coat. An aeroplane, a Caudron GIII (captioned as belonging to the RFC, but in fact part of Royal Naval

Air Service No 4 Expeditionary Squadron under the command of Squadron Commander J T Cull - note presence of RNAS ground crew),

taking off, in flight and landing, probably at Maktau, Taita Hills in background. African scouts stalking on patrol. The Frontiersmen acting

out the drill for a night alarm. A 4.7-inch coastal defence gun mounted on a field carriage being fired.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060008180

Cheers