THE HUSSARS [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE HUSSARS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 395
  • Other titles: THE BRITISH REGIMENTS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Two troops of a British hussar regiment in the rear areas of the Western Front, autumn 1917.
  • Description: The men dismount in front of a farmhouse, standing by their horses with their rifles. They then come to attention and remount with their rifles. They move off, closing up formation into column of fours. They take their horses through a stream beside a bridge, emerging to break into a trot. A second troop also passes through the stream, emerging in column of twos. The two troops trot on along a cobbled road in column of fours.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, cavalry (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: operations, British military - routine (object name) training, British military - specialist: equestrian (object name) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 273 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the shotsheet Summary: see also IWM 388 and the rest of the series Remarks: an interesting example of wartime censorship policy whereby battalion numbers were censored from regimental titles. In this case the regimental number of the hussar regiment has been removed, making it completely unidentifiable
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 395

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