Films of volunteers joining up (and the conscientious objectors that do not), new recruits in training, and conscription being introduced - along with the resultant protests - during the First World War. The films are from Britain, the United States, Canada and New Zealand.
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Some excellent footage showing British Army recruitment and training during WW1.
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Footage of new recruits to the army receiving their equipment.
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Demonstration by married men protesting conscription.
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Havelock Wilson MP and others speak at Trafalgar Square rally about 'Seamen's Boycott'.
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Angry crowds clash with pacifists who have taken refuge in London church.
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Footage of British volunteers.
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Footage of the army recruits in training.
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Footage of new army recruits at camp in Aldershot, Hampshire.
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New recruits take oath on parade ground in Woolwich.
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Recruiting office with volunteers signing up.
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Newly recruited men march along street.
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A huge replica ship stands in a city square as part of Navy recruitment campaign.
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Footage being recruited in Trafalgar Square, London.
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Footage of new recruits being fed at training camp.
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Soldiers arrive at British Army Camp; are assigned to barracks.
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Recruiting boom - Miss Shirley Kellogg appeals for recruits at Trafalgar Square rally.
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Married men called up - bidding goodbye to families and marching off through London
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New recruits joining up at a makeshift army recruiting office in Montreal, Canada.
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New US recruits arrive at army camp, are examined and go for a swim before marching.
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Troops marching in street, US General Pershing, troops in training and US army field kitchen.
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Footage of New Zealand recruits in training. Trenthan in New Zealand.
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Masses of new British Army recruits training for the 'Big Push'.
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Americans volunteer for British army. Whitehall, London.
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US soldiers parade in city and new recruits get kitted out.
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Duke of Connaught watches new soldiers depart on troop train.
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