14 minutes of very good boys learning very bad things.
1945 film that reveals the training that Alsatian dogs would have received for war as well as for non-combative work. (source: BFI, https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/565ce2f7cd29a)
Direction
British wartime documentary efficiency: no fluff, just dogs.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alsatians (German Shepherds) were rebranded 'Alsatian Wolf Dogs' in Britain during WWI due to anti-German sentiment—by 1945, the name stuck.
The BFI holds this as part of Britain's wartime documentary archive, likely produced for military recruitment or public morale.
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