Bilder aus der großen Schlacht im Westen 5. Teil

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  • Other title(s): Pictures from the great battle in the West (Part 5)
  • Genre: Documentary film
  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 00:13:52
  • Description: The battle at Armentières. Mortars and artillery bombarding English positions on 9th April 1918; shell impacts on the horizon (barrages), mortar explosions; BUFA film crew advances into battle area, passing by fallen soldiers; from under cover the film reporter photographs advancing infantrymen; English positions destroyed by artillery bombardment, with fallen soldiers; shot-up English tanks on the battlefield; infantry column on the march; wooden walkways for traversing marshy battleground; ravaged town; destroyed Armentières railway station, soldiers pass through the destroyed city; wrecked English aeroplane; (Richthofen's 75th kill); burning houses and desolation in Estaires; soldiers storm through an opened street barricade; dead civilians and English soldiers lie on the streets; destruction in the Merville railway station; pan across a group of Portuguese prisoners (close-up).
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Westfront / World War, 1914-1918 -- Tank warfare / Infantry / Cavalry / War casualties / Prisoners of war / Buildings -- War damage / Civilians in war / War and society / World War, 1914-1918
  • Provider: Bundesarchiv
  • Rights: Public Domain
  • Production company: Bild- und Filmamt (BUFA) (Berlin)
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound
  • Language: de

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