GENERAL BIRDWOOD PRESENTING MEDALS TO THIRD AUSTRALIAN DIVISION [Main Title]

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  • Title: GENERAL BIRDWOOD PRESENTING MEDALS TO THIRD AUSTRALIAN DIVISION [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 151
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  • Summary: Australians of 3rd Division being decorated by General Sir William Birdwood, Lumbres training area, Western Front, August 1917.
  • Description: Australians parade in the open air in front of Birdwood, who stands with his staff at a table covered by a Union Jack. The soldiers approach and receive decorations. Other Australian troops at rest (possibly an unrelated scene). The men of the division, led by their band, march past Birdwood.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 151
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 151)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917
  • Production Country: Australia
  • Production Details: Australian War Records Section (Production sponsor) Wilkins, George Hubert18881958Australian explorer and photographer. (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Birdwood, William Riddell (person) Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force, 3rd Division (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: ceremonies, Australian - event-related: investiture (object name) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) Lumbres, Pas-de-Calais, 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: 219 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 151

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