GERMAN OFFENSIVE 12 [Main Title]

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  • Title: GERMAN OFFENSIVE 12 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 189
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  • Summary: British forces in the Amiens area, and possibly further north, Western Front, in the last week of April 1918.
  • Description: A Scottish cyclist battalion on a wooded road. A French 75mm field gun limbered up but stuck in a ditch, with French and British troops trying to free it, probably Arras area. A battalion on the march down a road - possibly not British. Shell damage to a street being inspected by British and French troops, probably Amiens. The shell damage to Amiens Cathedral, both inside and outside. A battalion of the Suffolk Regiment resting in a square in the city. A French Infantry band carrying their instruments on the march.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company) Bassill, F A (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Suffolk Regiment (regiment/service) British Army, cyclists (regiment/service) French Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: weapons, French - gun: 75mm field gun (object name) buildings, French - religious: cathedral (object name) equipment, French - personal: musical instruments (object name) 01/3(4-15).81 (event) 01/3(4-15).83 (event) Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France (geography) Amiens, Somme, France (geography) mud (concept)
  • 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: 434 ft; Running time: 7 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the shotsheet. Remarks: compared to the remainder of the series, this is an uninteresting film.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 189

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