Title:WITH THE ALLIED TROOPS IN SALONIKA [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 100
Other titles:
Summary: British and French troops on the Salonika Front soon after the Allied landing in October 1915.
Description: French Chasseurs Alpins dismantling a mountain gun. French Infantry, probably from 156th Division, resting (they appear to be wearing dark blue tunics and red trousers rather than horizon blue). Greek civilians passing a dump of 75mm shells, "no shortage of shells here". The British Army camp. Greek civilians building wooden huts. A British fatigue party of about forty men pulling a wagon through their camp. British ASC troops checking the harness of their wagons before moving off. A British battalion marching in column. A meal from British field kitchens. British troops resting, possibly 10th (Irish) Division (note the high proportion of marksman's badges worn). A semaphore flag "signalling the arrival of troops in the Bay". A view of the French Army camp.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Div 10 (regiment/service)
French Army, Div 156 (regiment/service)
French Army, Chasseurs Alpins (regiment/service)
Keywords: equipment, French - personal: uniform (early) (object name)
supplies, French, storage [RA] - munitions (object name)
operations, British military - routine (object name)
society, British military - sustenance (object name)
communications, British military - direct: semaphore (object name)
01/3(497) (event)
Greece & Salonika area, Macedonia (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 442 ft; Running time: 8 mins
