the KING VISITS HIS ARMIES IN THE GREAT ADVANCE [Main]


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  • Année: 1916
  • Durée: 40 mins
  • Description: The King arrives at Calais and meets various military and civilian dignitaries. He is taken to General Haig's château at Beauquesne where with Haig and the Prince of Wales he meets President Poincaré and Generals Joffre and Foch (Lloyd George is seen arriving also - see notes below). The King visits troops of II ANZAC Corps, a Casualty Clearing Station in Second Army area, a church at Cassel and the Canadian Corps area. At La Panne he meets with the Prince of Wales and the Belgian royal family to present decorations to Belgian soldiers. He tours parts of Second Army area and the Somme battlefield, escorted by General Sir Henry Rawlinson, while the battle is in progress. The King then returns to Calais and crosses the English Channel in safety.
    King George V's visit to the British forces on the Western Front, 8-15 August 1916.
  • Mots-clés: EFG1914 / World War I / George V, King / Edward, Prince (Duke of Windsor) / Ditte (General) / Clooton (General) / Morieux (M) / Haig, Douglas / Albert I, King of Belgium / Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium / Leopold III, King of Belgium / Charles, Prince of Belgium / Marie-José, Princess of Belgium / Alexander, Prince of Teck / Poincaré, Raymond N L / Joffre, Joseph Jacques Cesaire / Foch, Ferdinand J M / Lloyd George, David / Hankey, Maurice Pascal Alers / Plumer, Herbert Charles Onslow / Byng, Julian Hedworth George / Chetwode, Philip Walhouse / Congreve, Walter Norris / Brooks, Ernest / Harding (Second Lieutenant) / Thompson (Major) / Lefebre, Joseph / British Army, Dragoon Guards, 5 / British Army, North Staffordshire Regiment / British Army, Lancers, 17 / British Army, Royal Artillery, RGA & Siege Bty 115 / British Army, Royal Army Medical Corps, Casualty Clearing Station 10 / British Army, Royal Army Medical Corps, Casualty Clearing Station 17 / British Army, Northamptonshire Regiment / Canadian Army, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Bn 25 / Canadian Army, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Bn 26 / Canadian Army, Casualty Clearing Station, 3 / Canadian Army, Canadian Expeditionary Force / Belgian Army, Infantry, 8 / Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force / Australian Army, II Anzac Corps / buildings, British - military: headquarters (British Expeditionary Force) / buildings, British - military: casualty clearing station / buildings, French - religious: church / weapons, British - gun: 6-inch 26cwt howitzer / equipment, British - personal: telescope / animals, mammals: dog / casualties, British graves - battlefield / medical, British military - hospital / delegations, British national - state / delegations, British international - state / delegations, British Imperial - state / refugees, French - settlement / 01/3(4-15).57 / 31/3(44) / Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France / Château Valvion, Beauquesne, Somme, France / Steenwerk, Nord, France / Rémy, Pas-de-Calais, France / Reningelst, West Flanders, Belgium / De Panne, West Flanders, Belgium / Mametz, Somme, France / English Channel / Dover, Kent, England, UK / Children / Children and war
  • Fournisseur: Imperial War Museums
  • Droits: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Société de production: British Topical Committee for War Films
  • Couleur: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound