Title:A MACHINE GUN SCHOOL AT THE FRONT [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 204
Other titles:OFFICIAL PICTURES OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE - FIRST SERIES [Series Title]
Summary: The British Army Machine Gun School in France, December 1915.
Description: A posed group of the school staff. A training exercise in which the men run forward to set up their Vickers machine guns under cover or in a prone position. One of the groups of trainees sets out with their machine guns over their shoulders. At the range, they go through weapons practice with the Lewis, Maxim and Vickers machine guns, including both firing and tabletop instruction. A line of Vickers machine guns fires at a range, with an instructor giving a demonstration (showing the target he is aiming at). The group returns from the ranges carrying the machine guns.
Alternative Title:OFFICIAL PICTURES OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE - FIRST SERIES [Series Title]
Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor)
British Topical Committee for War Films (Production company)
Malins, Geoffrey H (Production individual)
Tong, Edward G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Machine Gun School (regiment/service)
Keywords: training, British military - weapons: machine gun & [+] (object name)
weapons, British - smallarm: Vickers machine gun & [+] (object name)
weapons, British - smallarm: Maxim machine gun (object name)
weapons, British - smallarm: Lewis machine gun (object name)
01/3(4-15).4 (event)
British Army Machine Gun School, France (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: 399 ft; Running time: 8 mins
