GHQ TEST FILM [Main Title]

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  • Title: GHQ TEST FILM [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 247
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  • Summary: A short test piece made at British GHQ Montreuil of soldiers with animals and German equipment, Western Front, 1916-1918.
  • Description: A chubby soldier, in close-up, cuddles two lambs. Another feeds chickens from a metal plate, letting one stand and balance on the plate. One of the men puts on a German helmet and trench body armour, and is attacked in play-acting by another soldier with a spade, whereupon he surrenders.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 247)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917
  • Production Country: GB
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  • Personalities, Units and Organisations:
  • Keywords: equipment, German military - personal: body armour & [impressed] (object name) animals, birds: chicken (object name) animals, mammals: lamb (object name) 01/3(4-15) (event) Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais, France (geography)
  • 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: 71 ft; Running time: 2 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the store ledger. Summary: presumably, from the title, a short piece made either to test film equipment at GHQ, to prove to its staff the value of film, or for some similar purpose.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 247

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