Summary: I. Newsreel item on damage done to the church at Barcy, on the River Ourcq near Paris, by a German bombardment, filmed early 1915.
II. Newsreel item on German prisoners, captured at Liége, under guard by Belgian troops at Bruges, August or September 1914.
Description: The damage was probably done during the First Battle of the Marne. The interior of the church shows slight structural damage and holes in the roof. The caption describes this as the work of "German Kultur".
The guards are Belgian Civil Guard in their distinctive uniform of 1914. The prisoners, out for exercise in a school courtyard, have all been given clogs in place of their boots. They are normally curious about the camera, and form a group for it briefly. The caption describes them as "happier than when facing Belgian guns and swords".
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Belgian Army, Civil Guard (regiment/service)
Keywords: buildings, French - religious: church & [damaged] (object name)
propaganda, British - inflammatory (object name)
prisoners of war, German - custody (object name)
01/3(4-15) (event)
01/3(4-15).1 (event)
Barcy, Seine-et-Marne, France (geography)
Ourcq (River), France (geography)
Paris, Département de Ville de Paris, France (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: None
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 191 ft; Running time: 3 mins
