Title:WITH THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY IN ACTION [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 210
Other titles:OFFICIAL PICTURES OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE - THIRD SERIES [Series Title]
Summary: Royal Field Artillery in action in Flanders, early 1916.
Description: An 18-pounder field gun battery emerges head-on out of a farm courtyard onto a very wet and muddy road. RFA gunners pack 18-pounder shells into wooden boxes for transportation. A 4.5-inch field howitzer fires from brushwood cover. At an observation post a Forward Observation Officer (FOO) with his team, one with a trench periscope, relays firing orders with a notepad and field telephone. Men of an 18-pounder battery run to enter a gun pit entirely concealed in reeds. The battery fires, shown visible from the rear but almost completely hidden from the front. View from a front trench of shells bursting over the German lines 200 metres away - the ground is flat and without cover. The FOO relays fresh orders to the battery which continues its shoot. Another view of the 4.5-inch howitzer firing.
Alternative Title:OFFICIAL PICTURES OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE - THIRD SERIES [Series Title]
Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor)
British Topical Committee for War Films (Production company)
Malins, Geoffrey H (Production individual)
Tong, Edward G (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Field Artillery (regiment/service)
Keywords: weapons, British - gun: 18-pounder field gun (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 4.5-inch howitzer (object name)
communications, British military - wire (object name)
combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name)
01/3(4-15).5 (event)
Belgium (geography)
France (geography)
mud (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: 546 ft; Running time: 9 mins
