Identifiable material is as follows. Reel 1: a flight of Bristol F2B Fighters taking off from an aerodrome; Prime Minister W F Massey of New Zealand arriving in France, probably October 1916. Reel 2: ...
I. (Reel 1) The Lincolnshire Regiment clear a road lined with damaged trees. Nine men of the Royal Munster Fusiliers cross a damaged bridge over the Somme. A column of the Loyal North Lancashire Regim...
Stretcher cases and walking wounded are taken progressively further to the rear in the chain of medical stations behind the divisional front. Initially wheeled stretchers bring the wounded to a Field ...
A line of Danton Class battleships puts to sea. Two of the Dantons with, in front of them, two destroyers, possibly Claymore Class. The destroyer Flamberge passes left to right, followed by the destro...
The 'big battle' structure of the film opens with the preparatory bombardment for the days before the attack, the Infantry marching to their final positions, the attack itself, the casualties, prisone...
The film irises up on the huts of the camp, which is large and well laid-out. A column of WRAFs marches along a path in the camp. At a pay parade indoors the women come forward in turn to collect thei...
Scenes of a riverside town, including its castle. The river itself has steep banks, and is wide and fast-flowing. The German Engineers, in fatigue dress, row the pontoon boats with their wooden cross-...
Not all of the material is of Royal Engineers. The opening shows Kitchener inspecting new recruits in London, and later on the Western Front. Royal Engineers dig, plant and explode a large mine under ...