On Guard - Home Guard Aka Australian Home Guard (1940)

Unused / unissued material - dates unclear or unknown. Title reads: “On Guard - Home Guard“ East Malvern, Victoria, Australia. Men of the Australian Home Guard do drill training with rifles. They men are wearing civvies and armbands. The men practice guerilla tactics. They load up with Molotov Cocktails - petrol bombs to use as anti-tank weapons. Pat Hannah, a famous Australian comedian, trains with the Home Guard as they practice grenade throwing. Hannah throws Molotov cocktail. Men uses crude model of tank to demonstrate techniques for throwing petrol bombs. Various shots of men coming out of undergrowth wearing camouflage hessian sacks. More training in concealment. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection,