Summary: Unedited film of recently-liberated areas on the Western Front, October 1918.
Description: I. Transport wagons of 12th (Eastern) Division being driven up a slope and round a corner with a push from waiting soldiers, near Lens, 14th October. II. A dressing station, probably near Zonnebeke. British soldiers of 9th (Scottish) Division rest with Belgian soldiers, mostly wearing hats rather than helmets, so probably a safe area. III. Pan over the village of Moorsele showing shell damage, coming to rest on an inn with the village name painted on its side.
Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor)
Topical Film Company (Production company)
McDowell, J B (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Div 12 (regiment/service)
British Army, Div 9 (regiment/service)
Belgian Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: transport, British military - animal (object name)
medical, British military - emergency (object name)
destruction, Belgian military - area: artillery bombardment (object name)
society, British military - friendship (object name)
society, Belgian military - friendship (object name)
01/3(4-15).9 (event)
Moorsele, West Flanders, Belgium (geography)
Zonnebeke, West Flanders, Belgium (geography)
Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France (geography)