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Topical Budget 268-1: Machine Gun Practice (1916)
 

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"MACHINE GUN PRACTICE A machine gun section practising on the sand dunes of the Western Front - cutting away a post with machine gun fire". Machine gunners in operation and a post sticking out of the ground is gradually cut away at the base by fire and falls to the ground.