SECTIONS RELEASED FROM GHQ POSITIVE BOX [Main Title]

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  • Title: SECTIONS RELEASED FROM GHQ POSITIVE BOX [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 383
  • Other titles: WITH THE INDIAN TROOPS AT THE FRONT (censored sections) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: I. Censored sections from IWM 202-01 and IWM 202-02 WITH THE INDIAN TROOPS AT THE FRONT showing units of the former Indian Corps in rear areas of the Western Front, November and December 1915. II. Censored sections from IWM 203 MAKING OF AN OFFICER showing basic training by the Artists Rifles at Saint Omer, Western Front, December 1915.
  • Description: Men of 34th Sikh Pioneers digging a model trench, firstly marking out the ground with white tape. Gurkhas route marching through the rain. Men of 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders also on the march. A supply dump by the roadside. More of the Gurkhas on the route march. The relief of the guard in front of battalion headquarters at Saint Omer. Cadets going home on leave waiting for a train at Saint Omer station. The train arrives and they board it.
  • Alternative Title: WITH THE INDIAN TROOPS AT THE FRONT (censored sections) [Alternative Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 383
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1915
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor) British Topical Committee for War Films (Production company) Malins, Geoffrey H (Production individual) Tong, Edward G (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Indian Army, 34th Sikh Pioneers (regiment/service) British Army, Gurkha Rifles1 (regiment/service) Indian Army, Gurkhas (regiment/service) British Army, Seaforth Highlanders, 1st Battalion (regiment/service) Indian Army, 7th (Meerut) Division (regiment/service) British Army, London Regiment, Bn 28 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: training, British military (object name) buildings, French - commercial: railway station (object name) 01/3(4-15).4 (event) 01/3(4-15).4 (event) France (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: 293 ft; Running time: 5 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 383

  • Related IWM Collections Objects:

    IWM 202-1 (WITH THE INDIAN TROOPS AT THE FRONT PART I [Main Title]) IWM 202-2 (WITH THE INDIAN TROOPS AT THE FRONT PART II [Main Title]) IWM 203 (THE MAKING OF AN OFFICER : with the Artists Rifles at the Front [Main Title]) IWM 114 (THE WORK OF THE ARMY VETERINARY CORPS : and how it is helped by the RSPCA [Main Title])
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