BERLIN NEWS SERVICE REPORTS [Main]


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  • Year: 1915
  • Runtime: 13 mins
  • Description: The hospital ship is at anchor, with other vessels in the far distance. On the bridge a nurse, assisted by a sailor, is handling the wheel.Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, wife of Prince August Wilhelm, inspects ambulance drivers on parade in the snow, then looks over a hospital train in a siding.King Ludwig III of Bavaria and his wife inspect the exterior of the hospital buildings. Their son, Doctor Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, a qualified medical officer in charge of a hospital train, meets them beside the train as it starts to unload wounded soldiers.The demonstration is given in close-up, in the open, by a soldier wearing thick protective gloves. Quicklime has been inserted into the base of a tin of food. After a few minutes the soldier opens the tin with a can-opener and shows that the stew inside is boiling.The men appear to be holding a joke pageant, which seems to be mocking the British Army.The men dash about in all directions, harnessing and setting up the column, which then moves off. The caption, describing this as "German militia occupy a French town", is incorrect.The men are the reserve battalion of an Infantry regiment. They line up in a column and an officer moves from man to man checking the condition of their rifles - a battle-check, not a parade.Six observers for the battery ride up, dismount, and take up a stance with binoculars. 77mm field guns are galloped into positions in the open and ready to fire. The captions describe this as being at the front.Snow is falling quite heavily, and some of the men go down into their dugouts. Others, including some pipe-smoking veterans, remain on the surface.The open-air Army bakery is in the rest areas, producing loaves while nearby butchers start to cut up carcasses draped over their tables.The men are drawn up on parade beside a road in the snow. The Kaiser's car arrives and he talks with his officers before again driving off.The train is in a main-line station. Kaiserin Auguste Victoria inspects the train (outside only) talking with the officers and nurses.
    I. English language version of a German newsreel item on a nurse on the bridge of a hospital ship in home waters, 1915.II. English language version of a German newsreel item on a visit by Princess Alexandra Victoria to a military hospital in Germany, early 1915.III. English language version of a German newsreel item on a visit by the King and Queen of Bavaria to a military hospital in Munich, early 1915.IV. English language version of a German newsreel item on cooking food by chemical means, probably early 1915.V. English language version of a German newsreel item on troops resting, early 1915.VI. English language version of a German newsreel item on horsemen assembling a transport column, probably Western Front, 1915.VII. English language version of a German newsreel item on troops about to leave for the front lines, Western Front, early 1915.VIII. English language version of a German newsreel item on a field battery in training, probably in Germany, 1915.IX. English language version of a German newsreel item on German troops on the Ypres Ridges, Western Front, probably early 1915.X. English language version of a German newsreel item on a field bakery and butchers, probably Western Front, 1915.XI. English language version of a German newsreel item on the Kaiser visiting his troops, probably Eastern Front, winter 1914-1915.XII. English language version of a German newsreel item on the Kaiserin visiting a hospital train, possibly Berlin, 1915.
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  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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