Title:UBIQUE - OUR GUNNERS IN THE GREAT WAR [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 430
Other titles:THE BRITISH REGIMENTS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The work of the Royal Field Artillery and Royal Garrison Artillery, mainly on the Western Front, 1916-1917.
Description: Drivers water their horses at a trough. A brigade of RFA 18-pounders moves off from their camp ground. Other 18-pounders move past dead Highlanders (from IWM 191 BATTLE OF THE SOMME). A battery of 18-pounders in line fires. Two 60-pounders being fired. An officer climbs a ladder into a tree as an observation post. A 60-pounder battery fires under scrim. Rear view of an 18-pounder firing. Some 9.2-inch howitzers fire from a chalk pit. Finally, 60-pounders in action in Mesopotamia.
Alternative Title:THE BRITISH REGIMENTS [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor)
Topical Film Company (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Field Artillery (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Garrison Artillery (regiment/service)
Keywords: weapons, British - gun: 18-pounder field gun (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 60-pounder (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 9.2-inch howitzer (object name)
combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name)
01/3(4-15) (event)
01/3(567) (event)
France (geography)
Belgium (geography)
Mesopotamia (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: 511 ft; Running time: 9 mins
