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.
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)
