Title:THE BATTLE OF CARENCY (fragment 1) [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 1061-03f
Other titles:
Summary: Continuation of the French account of the Battle of Carency (Second Battle of Artois), Western Front, May-June 1915.
Description: A French soldier leads a wounded German prisoner "stupefied by the force of the French bombardment" to the rear along a railway track. A French soldier holds up for the benefit of the camera a number of expended shells, "smoke cartridges for blinding assailants, shrapnel and projectiles each charged with 11lbs of Cheddite," used by the Germans in the battle.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: French Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: prisoners of war, German - movement (object name)
propaganda, French - inflammatory (object name)
spoils, French (object name)
01/3(4-15).38 (event)
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: 57 ft; Running time: 1 min