VISIT OF THE MAHARAJAH OF PATIALA TO FRANCE [Main]


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  • Év: 1918
  • Játékidő: 2 mins
  • Leírás: The Maharajah's car arrives at Fifth Army headquarters on 31 July and is greeted by an honour guard. He wears a British Army uniform and a turban. He is shown a 12-inch railway gun firing at Annezin on the same day (General Sir William Birdwood, commanding Fifth Army, is present but not clearly visible). The Maharajah comes with his party on 30 July to the observation post on the Mont des Cats and looks through the twin trench periscopes. On the same day, he poses with the Second Army commander, General Sir Herbert Plumer, at his headquarters.
    The Maharajah visits British Fifth Army and Second Army areas, Western Front, July 1918.
  • Kulcsszavak: EFG1914 / World War I / Patiala, Maharajah of / Birdwood, William Riddell / Plumer, Herbert Charles Onslow / British Army, Fifth Army, headquarters / British Army, Second Army, headquarters / buildings, British - military: headquarters (Fifth Army) / buildings, British - military: headquarters (Second Army) / weapons, British - gun: 12-inch (railway mounted) / 01/3(4-15).9 / Fifth Army Headquarters, France / Annezin, Pas-de-Calais, France / Second Army Headquarters, Belgium / Mont des Cats, Kemmel, West Flanders, Belgium
  • Szolgáltató: Imperial War Museums
  • Jogok: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Gyártó: Topical Film Company
  • Szín: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound