THE ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 401
  • Other titles: THE BRITISH REGIMENTS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Probably a regular battalion of the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) on the Western Front, autumn 1917.
  • Description: The battalion and band, with mounted officers, march along a dirt road. The men rest outside the canteen drinking tea. Others play in a river and millpond, including a friendly game of water-polo. A boxing match, in a ring, ends with a staged knockout. A posed group of men of the battalion "who have been out since 1914" with the battalion mascot dog. A further posed group of officers and men "who have gained decorations during the present war". A pair of transport horses which have been with the battalion since 1914 are awarded a silver cup for good condition.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Kent Regiment, West Royal (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: operations, British military - routine (object name) society, British military - sustenance (object name) recreation, British military - casual: water-polo (object name) animals, mammals: dog (mascot) (object name) animals, mammals: horse (object name) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) France (geography) Belgium (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: 455 ft; Running time: 8 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: see also IWM 388 and the rest of the series Remarks: slightly more varied than most of the films in the series, but still valueless as a record of a specific battalion
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 401

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