YPRES - THE SHELL SHATTERED CITY OF FLANDERS [1916] [Main]


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  • Other title(s): OFFICIAL PICTURES OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE - SECOND SERIES [series]
  • Year: 1916
  • Runtime: 5 mins
  • Description: A panorama of the city. Views of the main square taken from the area of Hellfire Corner. The Cloth Hall, most of it still intact. Exterior and interior scenes of the cathedral, showing the west door and the fact that the organ has been destroyed. British soldiers pet two black and white puppies abandoned in the ruins.
    Damage to the town of Ypres, Western Front, February 1916.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / destruction, Belgian military - area: artillery bombardment / animals, mammals: dog / 01/3(4-15).5 / Hell Fire Corner, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium / Cloth Hall, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium / Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: British Topical Committee for War Films
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound