GAUMONT GRAPHIC 415 (fragment 1) [Main]

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Year: 1915
Runtime: 1 min
Description: Moroccan lancers and foot soldiers parade in the courtyard of a mud-walled fort, then march out into the desert for the coast.The young soldiers, and French Boy Scouts, march in salute past the statue of Léon Gambetta and the Strasbourg Memorial (poor camerawork).
I. Newsreel item on Moroccan troops preparing to leave for France, early 1915.II. Newsreel item on recent French conscripts in a "patriotic demonstration" in the Place Gambetta, Paris, early 1915.
Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / French Army, [Moroccan troops] / French Army, [lancers] / French Army / Boy Scouts, France / operations, French military - movement: march / buildings, Moroccan - military: fortress / ceremonies, French - display / First World War, Moroccan Home Front & 1915 / 31/3(44) / Morocco / Place Gambetta, Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France / desert
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Provider: Imperial War Museums
Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
Production company: Gaumont
Colour: Black & White
Sound: Without sound
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