Other titles:THE BRITISH REGIMENTS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The Artists Rifles, or 1/28th (County of London) Battalion, the London Regiment, in France 1916-1917.
Description: By 1916 the Artists Rifles was not a serving battalion but a holding unit for officer trainees. A group of trainees is shown drilling on a parade ground, probably at Montreuil, and being addressed by its commanding officer. The battalion acts as the guard of honour for the visit of General Cadorna, the Italian C-in-C, to Douglas Haig in March 1916. The battalion training course shows recruits how to tie knots, construct a log bridge over a stream, make a raft from a gas cape stuffed with straw, and punt this down a river. A transport bus carrying soldiers (of the battalion ?) passes through a village, rounding the corner of the road at the top of a hill.
Alternative Title:THE BRITISH REGIMENTS [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor)
Topical Film Company (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Cadorna, Luigi (person)
Haig, Douglas (person)
British Army, London Regiment, Bn 28 (regiment/service)
Keywords: training, British military: [+] (object name)
delegations, Italian international - military (object name)
transport, British military - bus (object name)
01/3(4-15) (event)
Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais, France (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: None
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 180 ft; Running time: 3 mins
