BETWEEN BELLICOURT AND BELLENGLISE [Main]


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  • År: 1918
  • Lengde: 6 mins
  • Beskrivelse: Australian soldiers, probably of 5th Division, at the south end of the Saint Quentin tunnel at Bellicourt. A temporary bridge has been built just below the tunnel entrance. A view, from on top of the tunnel mouth. Three Australians with two horses walk past two corpses on the ground. A pan from a high position of the ruins of Bellicourt (?) with soldiers in the streets below. A deep wire entanglement with gaps, through one of which comes a transport wagon and some riders. A bridge over the canal captured by 46th Division, showing some damage, probably filmed on 2nd October. The canal with a narrow footbridge across it. A group of unsaddled horses, among them one foal, being fed in shallow trenches as a protection from shells.
    Unedited material of the Australian Corps and 46th (North Midland) Division fronts during the Advance to Victory, Western Front, October 1918.
  • Nøkkelord: EFG1914 / World War I / Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force, 5th Division / British Army, Australian Imperial Force, Div 5 / defences, German - emplacement: [captured] & [+] / animals, mammals: horse / 01/3(4-15).9 / Saint Quentin Canal Tunnel, Bellicourt, Aisne, France / Saint Quentin (Canal), Aisne, France
  • Leverandør: Imperial War Museums
  • Rettigheter: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Produksjonsselskap: Topical Film Company
  • Farge: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound