BOMBING SCHOOL AND SPORTS [Main]


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  • År: 1918
  • Lengde: 9 mins
  • Beskrivelse: Australian troops practising bomb (hand grenade) throwing from slit trenches. The explosions are filmed at various angles and distances. The 'cup final' of 7th (Meerut) Division football championships, in which, (according to the shotsheet) the Royal Engineers team defeats the team from 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Tel-el-Jelil, 13 July 1918. More sports at Beit Salem for GHQ, including a pillow fight over water, a test of lance skill on a wheelbarrow, bareback wrestling on horses, and running. Finally a British sentry silhouetted against a rising moon.
    Unedited film of British, Indian and Australian forces, mainly playing various sports, Palestine Front, July 1918.
  • Nøkkelord: EFG1914 / World War I / Indian Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force / Indian Army, 7th (Meerut) Division / Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force / Australian Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force / Australian Army, Australian Light Horse / British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force / British Army, Seaforth Highlanders, 1st Battalion / British Army, Royal Engineers / training, Australian military - weapons: hand grenade / recreation, British military - sport: football / recreation, British military - sport: athletics / 01/3(569) / Turkey & Tel-el-Jelil, Palestine / Beit Salem, Palestine / half-light
  • Leverandør: Imperial War Museums
  • Rettigheter: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Produksjonsselskap: Topical Film Company
  • Farge: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound