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As Nazi aggression continues, the men of the Home Guard drill in gas masks. If only they could understand each other’s muffled speech in the rubber masks. Captain Mannering does his best to train his men, using common civilian articles. Since Jones has a delivery truck for his butcher business, he is promised extra fuel rations if he converts it to military use.
A rival officer claims to have orders to share the Home Guard facility, and wants equal time to drill his own men. After a minor clash, Jones is made driver of the van, now armored with sandbags, and equipped to be modified as a field ambulance. A dry run is made, complete with engine sound affects by Jones.
A large scale air raid operation is scheduled, and the new van will be showing its stuff. One modification that doesn’t make Jones happy is the conversion to LP gas, rather than petrol. A break in the gas line makes for a giddy driver. But the snafu’s are only beginning. The key to unlock the back of the van has been forgotten, and the simulaateed casualties, all duly bandaged, can’t ride in the ambulance. Not without some slapstick results.
