GENERAL DE LISLE PRESENTING MEDALS TO OFFICERS AND MEN [Main Title]

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  • Title: GENERAL DE LISLE PRESENTING MEDALS TO OFFICERS AND MEN [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 107
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  • Summary: Major-General de Lisle presenting medals, probably Western Front, 1916 (?).
  • Description: An officer, possibly Major-General H B de Lisle, presenting medals to a kilted battalion, who then march past. A pan over a group from the battalion sitting and smoking. They are possibly the Canadian 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish).
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1916
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company) Malins, Geoffrey H (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: De Lisle, Henry de Beauvoir (person) British Army (regiment/service) Canadian Army, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Bn 16 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: delegations, British imperial - military (object name) ceremonies, British - event-related: investiture (object name) 01/3(4-15).5 (event) 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: 398 ft; Running time: 7 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the shotsheet. Cameraman: Malins is given as the cameraman in the store ledger. If this is correct the film was taken either before February 1917, when he retired as a British official cameraman, or after December 1917, when he returned to the Western Front as a Canadian official cameraman. Summary: all information has been taken from the shotsheet. Nothing further can be discovered about the film, and it is a mystery why de Lisle should present decorations to Canadians.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 107

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