ON THE ST QUENTIN FRONT [Main Title]

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  • Title: ON THE ST QUENTIN FRONT [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 335
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  • Summary: Unedited film of British forces and German prisoners in the north of the Saint Quentin sector, Western Front, early October 1918.
  • Description: Pan over the countryside with shelling in the far distance and British troops moving up in the middle ground, probably 1st Division front north of Saint Quentin. A village being bombarded by shells, close enough to shake the camera. British RAMC and German prisoners posed for the camera in a slit trench, after which they climb out and attend to wheeled stretchers. A British signal unit, including a carrier for homing pigeons, resting by the roadside. German prisoners help with the wounded at an advanced dressing station. A close-up of a German prisoner with a cap, receding hairline and heavy moustache, looking old and tired, joking for the camera. German prisoners help carry British wounded, four to a stretcher. British and German walking wounded, looking miserable, rest by a roadside. British GS wagons loaded with supplies in a park. Kilted troops, possibly Cameron Highlanders, crossing a road in widely spaced columns (Artillery Formation). Shells bursting in the open field ahead.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 335
  • Sound: Silent
  • 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 1 (regiment/service) British Army, Royal Army Medical Corps (regiment/service) British Army, Cameron Highlanders (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: combat, British - artillery bombardment [d] (object name) combat, British - artillery bombardment [I] (object name) medical, British military - emergency (object name) prisoners of war, German - movement (object name) prisoners of war, German - custody (object name) communications, British military - message: carrier pigeon (object name) 01/3(4-15).9 (event) Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France (geography) camera (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 391 ft; Running time: 7 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

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