ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 49 [Main Title]

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  • Title: ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 49 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 508-49
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  • Summary: I. French newsreel account of a British Holt tractor pulling a double limber of troops through the desert, a British pack mule column crossing a bridge and another crossing the desert. Palestine 1918. II. French newsreel item on the French forces in Italy, February 1918. III. French newsreel item on the arrival of fresh US forces in the Marne area, Western Front, February 1918. IV. French newsreel item on the visit of Georges Clémenceau to Alsace, Western Front, February 1918.
  • Description: The Italian General Pecori and General Maistre review the Sassari Brigade of the French Army, passing between the ranks. As the review is in progress a French Spad 13 overflies the parade twice, quite low. A formal parade by Italian troops through Venice, with watchers throwing flowers at their feet. The camera, at a high window, shows an Italian soldier (a major in the Bersaglieri), a French soldier and a British soldier leaning out of the window to watch. A troop train arrives, the men alight, form up, lead horses from the boxes and wheel limbers off the flatcars, cinching the equipment together. More American troops march in column through a residential area. Two American soldiers pose with their horses for the camera. Prime Minister Clémenceau arrives and the staff takes him to see the new defensive positions. At Dannemarie he gives a speech and kisses little girls who wear traditional dress. He inspects a guard of honour at Massevaux, shaking hands with the officers, and goes on to meet members of the local council and clergy. His car arrives at Thann where he meets and embraces veterans of the Franco-Prussian War and is given a bouquet by a little girl. He goes on to talk with other small children.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 508-49
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 508-49)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-02-16
  • Production Country: France
  • Production Details: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Maistre, Paul (person) Pecori (General) (person) Clemenceau, Georges Benjamin (person) British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) Indian Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) Royal Italian Army (regiment/service) French Army, Sassari Bde (regiment/service) French Army, Air Corps (regiment/service) United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) French Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: transport, British military - prime mover: Holt tractor (object name) animals, mammals: mule (object name) supplies, British, movement [RA] - misc (object name) aircraft, French - combat: Spad 13 (object name) ceremonies, French - display (object name) society, French military - friendship (object name) society, British military - friendship (object name) society, Italian - friendship (object name) operations, United States military - movement: rail (object name) operations, United States military - movement: march (object name) equipment, United States - personal: pack (object name) transport, United States military - rail (object name) animals, mammals: horse (object name) defences, French - emplacement (object name) delegations, French national - political (object name) society, French - fashion (object name) 01/3(569).6 (event) 31/3(45) (event) 01/3(4-15).8 (event) 01/3(4-15).8 (event) 31/3(44) (event) Palestine (geography) Italy (geography) Italy & Venice, Veneto (geography) Marne, France (geography) Dannemarie, Haut-Rhin, France (geography) Thann, Haut-Rhin, France (geography) desert (concept) camera (concept) Children (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: French
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 595 ft; Running time: 10 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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