SCENES OF THE FRONT [Main]


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  • Vuosi: 1917
  • Kesto: 29 mins
  • Kuvaus: Identifiable material is as follows. Reel 1: a flight of Bristol F2B Fighters taking off from an aerodrome; Prime Minister W F Massey of New Zealand arriving in France, probably October 1916. Reel 2: German prisoners loading captured light guns and machine guns onto lorries (compare with IWM 105); 4.5-inch howitzers and 18-pounders firing in the open and in an undisturbed village, possibly early 1916; British troops, probably in training, charging into smoke. Reel 4: American 307th Infantry Regiment, attached to British 42nd Division for training, marching past Major-General Solly-Flood on 7 June 1918; VAD members picnicking in a wood; a fire at a large hay and fodder store. Reel 5: first aid being given at Number 3 Field Ambulance (?) possibly of the New Zealand Division. Reel 6: Brigadier-General John Charteris, head of GHQ Intelligence, leaving a building in Montreuil, as despatch riders pass through the town; General Cadorna, the Italian C-in-C, entering a train; King George V at the firing of a 14-inch railway gun of 471st Siege Battery, Brayon, 8 August 1918.
    An incoherent jumble of stockshots of British and Imperial forces on the Western Front, 1916-1918.
  • Avainsanat: EFG1914 / World War I / Massey, William Ferguson / Solly-Flood, Arthur / Charteris, John / Cadorna, Luigi / George V, King / Royal Air Force, Royal Flying Corps / British Army, Royal Artillery, RGA & Siege Bty 471 / United States Army & American Expeditionary Force / United States Army & Infantry Regt 307 / Voluntary Aid Detachment / New Zealand Military Forces, New Zealand Div / New Zealand Military Forces, Field Ambulance 3 / aircraft, British - combat: Bristol F2B Fighter / destruction, French: fire / prisoners of war, German - movement / weapons, British - gun: 4.5-inch howitzer / weapons, British - gun: 18-pounder field gun / society, British - sustenance / recreation, British civilian - social / casualties, New Zealand wounded - battlefield / training, United States military - combat / buildings, British - military: headquarters (British Expeditionary Force) / 01/3(4-15) / Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais, France / Brayon, Somme, France / Belgium / World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
  • Sisältölähde: Imperial War Museums
  • Oikeudet: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Väri: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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