GERMAN OFFENSIVE 6 [Main Title]


  • Title: GERMAN OFFENSIVE 6 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 183
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  • Summary: British and French troops in and around Amiens, Western Front, ca 5-7 April 1918.
  • Description: British and French troops camped in woods, with one man being shaved, probably close to Boves. French soldiers drive two abandoned cows in past British 18-pounders. A French armoured car of II Cavalry Corps, (?) a special model based on the White chassis, halted while two British soldiers talk to the occupants. German shells bursting over open country with a wood in the background, near Moreuil. A mule cart on the road with all the mules dead. A panorama of Amiens taken from the north-east across the river, showing the cathedral. A close-up pan, top to bottom, of the cathedral itself. British and French soldiers camped in woodland with a cow and a few horses, the men sleeping or resting, probably 2/10th Battalion, the London Regiment, of 58th Division with soldiers of the French 29th Division (?). A camouflaged 6-inch howitzer battery firing from a treeline out across a plain. A French 75mm battery firing in the open, showing the firing mechanism of one gun, probably near Domart. A French naval gun (?) on a railway carriage mount firing, near Boves.
  • 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) McDowell, J B (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Div 58 (regiment/service) British Army, London Regiment, Bn 2/10 (regiment/service) French Army, Div 29 (?) (regiment/service) French Army, Corps, Cavalry, 2 (?) (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: armour, United States - armoured car: White & [French] (object name) weapons, French - gun: (railway mounted) (object name) weapons, French - gun: 75mm field gun & [+] (object name) weapons, British - gun: 18-pounder field gun (object name) weapons, British - gun: 6-inch Mark VII (object name) combat, German - artillery bombardment [D] (object name) animals, mammals: cow (object name) animals, mammals: mule & [casualties] (object name) buildings, French - religious: cathedral (object name) society, British military - friendship (object name) society, French military - friendship (object name) society, British military - hygiene (object name) 01/3(4-15).81 (event) Amiens, Somme, France (geography) Boves, Somme, France (geography) Domart, Somme, France (geography) Moreuil, Somme, France (geography) propaganda, British (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: 621 ft; Running time: 10 mins
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the shotsheet. Intertitles: the film has some manuscript flashframes.
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