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.
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)
