la GUERRE ANGLAISE : grand film documentaire en 4 parts - les tanks anglais a la bataille de la Scarpe [Main]


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  • Other title(s): SONS OF OUR EMPIRE (export version) [related]
  • Year: 1917
  • Runtime: 62 mins
  • Description: Mostly taken, scene-for-scene and caption-for-caption, from the series IWM 130 SONS OF OUR EMPIRE, which itself purported to show the last stages of the Somme offensive of 1916. British troops disembark at a French port and the various arms, Artillery, Cavalry and Infantry, prepare for battle. The role of the tanks is stressed, and several Mk I and Mk IV types are shown. The preliminary bombardment runs from 18-pounder field guns to 12-inch railway guns. Two FE2b aircraft fly a patrol. The attack takes place and the troops reassemble afterwards.
    British propaganda film, almost entirely stock or fake material, purporting to show their involvement in the Battle of Arras, Western Front, April 1917.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / British Army / combat [simulated], British / operations, British military / 01/3(4-15).63 / Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France / propaganda, British & [+]
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound
  • Language: fr

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