JOSEF ON THE ITALIAN FRONT 1 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: JOSEF ON THE ITALIAN FRONT 1 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1045b
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Archduke Josef, the Austro-Hungarian Army Group Commander, makes an informal tour of his men's positions, Italian Front, probably 1917.
  • Description: The troops are in rear-area camps and camouflaged trenches well below the snow-line. Josef, with his staff, walks around the area, completely informally, talking to the occasional soldier. He watches the workings of a field kitchen as it prepares food. Josef and his staff make their way along a heavily camouflaged trench.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1045b)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917
  • Production Country: Austria-Hungary
  • Production Details:
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Josef Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Hungary (person) Austro-Hungarian Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: operations, Austro-Hungarian military - routine (object name) society, Austro-Hungarian military - sustenance (object name) equipment, Austro-Hungarian - environmental: field kitchen (object name) 01/3(45).7 (?) (event) Italy (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: 303 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: see also IWM 1043b Technical: this film is currently held on the same reel as films IWM 1045a-d, the can is marked as IWM 1045
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1045b

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