SCENES OF THE WESTERN FRONT [Main Title]

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  • Title: SCENES OF THE WESTERN FRONT [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 105
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  • Summary: British forces and German prisoners on the Western Front, 1916 (?).
  • Description: A narrow gauge railway carries 9.2-inch shells and troops forward. A poor middle-distance view of a tank flying a flag moving up with supporting troops on foot. Soldiers moving into a devastated wood supported by smoke (?) bomb explosions. German prisoners help to load equipment onto British lorries. British RFA limbers take captured German guns down a road, mainly 77mm field guns. French 75mm field guns firing. German prisoners shown for the camera, along with captured light guns, mortars and Maxim machine guns. German prisoners repair a road as an 18-pounder battery moves through. The prisoners rest and eat by the roadside.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1916
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company) McDowell, J B (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, British - tank: Tank Mark I Male & [-] (object name) weapons, German - gun: 77mm field gun & [captured] (object name) weapons, German - smallarm: Maxim machine gun & [captured] (object name) weapons, French - gun: 75mm field gun (object name) weapons, British - gun: 18-pounder field gun & [-] (object name) operations, British military - sortie (object name) supplies, British, movement [FA] - munitions (object name) prisoners of war, German - movement (object name) 01/3(4-15).5 (event) 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: 548 ft; Running time: 10 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: this film appears to be a mixture from several sources, rather than film taken deliberately in one location at one time.
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    IWM 105

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