THE EAST YORKS REGIMENT [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE EAST YORKS REGIMENT [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 427
  • Other titles: THE BRITISH REGIMENTS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Probably 12th Battalion, the East Yorkshire Regiment, Western Front, autumn 1917.
  • Description: A posed group of the battalion. One man has a small child on his knee, to whom he is chanting nursery rhymes. The men form up for an issue of beer. Men of 'C' Company are issued with hot food from carriers and eat it on trestle tables in the open. A group with towels go off to bathe. A medical orderly bandages the head of one soldier, injured while playing football, while an American doctor attached to the battalion looks on. Men outdoors play cards and drink. Private John Cunningham VC of the regiment plays with some small children and a dog.
  • 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: Cunningham, John (person) British Army, Yorkshire Regiment, East, Bn 12 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: operations, British military - routine (object name) society, British military - sustenance (object name) society, British military - hygiene (object name) medical, British military - emergency (object name) recreation, British military - casual (object name) animals, mammals: dog (object name) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) France (geography) Belgium (geography) Children (concept)
  • 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: 375 ft; Running time: 6 mins
  • Notes: Summary: see also IWM 388 and the rest of the series Remarks: Valueless as a record of an individual battalion or regiment, this still goes much further than most of the series in conveying the existence of personalities in the battalion, and its nature as a distinct unit
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 427

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