ATTACK SOUTH OF ARRAS [Main Title]

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  • Title: ATTACK SOUTH OF ARRAS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 295
  • Other titles: AUGUST OFFENSIVE 2 [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: British rough material of the Battle of Amiens, Western Front, mid-August 1918.
  • Description:
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company) McDowell, J B (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Div, Guards (regiment/service) British Army, Grenadier Guards, 3rd Battalion (regiment/service) British Army, Hussars, 18 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: destruction, French military - area: artillery bombardment & [+] (object name) prisoners of war, German - surrender (object name) combat, British - artillery bombardment [D]: [+] (object name) combat, British - artillery bombardment [I]: [+] (object name) animals, mammals: horse (object name) 01/3(4-15).92 [1918 Amiens] (event) Courcelles, Somme, 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: 454 ft; Running time: 8 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the shotsheet Summary: see also IWM 290. This film is in effect part of the AUGUST OFFENSIVE group, but did not have that designation as part of its title Remarks: impressive material giving a good sense of action. It strains credulity that both cameraman and still photographer should happen to record the instant a shell hit a Cavalry column, but the photographs may be film stills
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    IWM 295

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