Metadata
- Title: A LA GLOIRE DU TROUPIER BELGE 4 PARTIE [Main Title]
- Film Number: IWM 1053
- Other titles: TER EERE VAN DEN BELGISCHEN SOLDAT 4 DEEL [Alternative Title]
- Summary: Belgian film of their own forces clearing Flanders of German troops in the Advance to Victory, Western Front, 27th-29th September 1918.
- Description: The film starts with an order of the day, in French and Flemish, from King Albert to his soldiers dated 27th September, telling them that the time for the decisive attack has come. 75mm guns start the bombardment. German troops man their defensive positions. Belgian troops rush forward. The battlefield shows trees shattered by gunfire, and captured German defences. A map shows the positions of the two sides. The Belgians advance. Belgian, and then German, dead on the battlefield. German prisoners are led to rear areas where some are searched by Belgian soldiers. Field guns move up. The map shows the advance on 28th September, taking Houthulst, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele and Zonnebeke. A view of the Forest of Houthulst. The village of Woumen after its capture, followed by Dixmude, Clercken and Moorslede, all of them virtually rubble. Horsed transport waits to move up. Prisoners are marched to the rear. Abandoned German guns, 77mm, 105mm and 155mm, lie in the mud along with their ammunition. Belgian medics give first aid to wounded men. Walking wounded move to the rear; a stretcher is found for one of them. Other stretcher-cases wait for evacuation; German prisoners help as stretcher bearers. A column of motor ambulances on the road. A forward dressing station. The map shows that on 29th September the advance took Dixmude, Woumen, Clerken, Moorslede, Westboosebeke, Staden and Zarren.
- Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1053)
- Featured Period: 1914-1918
- Production Date: 1919
- Production Country: Belgium
- Production Details:
- Personalities, Units and Organisations: Belgian Army (regiment/service) German Army (regiment/service)
- Keywords: propaganda, Belgian - inspirational (object name) weapons, French - gun: 75mm field gun & [Belgian] (object name) combat, Belgian - artillery bombardment (object name) operations, Belgian military - sortie (object name) destruction, Belgian military - area: artillery bombardment (object name) casualties, Belgian dead - battlefield (object name) casualties, German dead - battlefield (object name) operations, Belgian military - movement: road (object name) prisoners of war, German - movement (object name) prisoners of war, German - reception (object name) weapons, German - gun: 77mm field gun & [captured] (object name) weapons, German - gun: 105mm howitzer & [captured] (object name) weapons, German - gun: 155mm howitzer & [captured] (object name) medical, Belgian military - emergency (object name) medical, Belgian military - movement (object name) transport, Belgian military - ambulance (object name) 01/3(4-15).9 (event) Diksmuide, West Flanders, Belgium (geography) Houthulst Forest, West Flanders, Belgium (geography) Woumen, Diksmuide, West Flanders, Belgium (geography) Klerken, West Flanders, Belgium (geography) Moorsele, West Flanders, Belgium (geography)
- Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: French
- Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 963 ft; Running time: 16 mins
- Notes: Title: this has been deduced from the position of the episode in the series Summary: see also IWM 1050 and the rest of the series
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