Summary: British and French troops on the Salonika Front, probably 1916.
Description: A British column of mules and wagons moves down a hill road. British soldiers and Greek civilians unloading and stacking stores. French 105mm howitzers, limbered up, moving along a dirt road. British soldiers hauling an 18-pounder field gun into position. A French shell dump with 75mm shells being fused on a special machine. A British soldier throwing Mills grenades from a trench. A Vickers machine gun team in action (note the machine-gunner 'tapping' the gun handles to spread the cone of fire). A heavily camouflaged "huge gun", possibly a British 6-inch Mk VII field gun, shown from front and rear.
Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor)
International Film Service (Production company)
Topical Film Company (Production company)
Varges, Ariel L (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
French Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: supplies, British, storage [RA] - misc (object name)
supplies, French, storage [RA] - munitions (object name)
weapons, French - gun: 105mm howitzer (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 18-pounder field gun (object name)
equipment, French - fire control: fusing mechanism (object name)
weapons, British - smallarm: Vickers machine gun & [+] (object name)
training, British military - weapons: machine gun & [+] (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 6-inch Mark VII (?) (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: 415 ft; Running time: 7 mins
