THE YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 396
  • Other titles: THE BRITISH REGIMENTS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, in the rear areas of the Western Front, autumn 1917.
  • Description: Close-up of a sergeant holding a football marked 2Y&L. Pan over the men of the battalion, lying, sitting or standing informally, with two Lewis machine guns in the front row. Two lance-corporals sitting beside their tent. A company of men posed relaxing beside a wall. Two soldiers with a large canteen draw water from a well by the roadside. A group of battalion officers including the current commander. The battalion, led by its band, on a route march. A "blindfold boxing march" in front of the soldiers. A pay parade in the open. A sergeant inspects rifles on parade, holding one up to the light to inspect the barrel. A portrait shot of Private Caffrey, VC.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Caffrey, John (person) British Army, York and Lancaster Regiment, 2nd Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: weapons, British - smallarm: Lewis machine gun (object name) operations, British military - routine (object name) recreation, British military - sport: boxing (object name) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: English Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 409 ft; Running time: 7 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Summary: see also IWM 388 and the rest of the series Remarks: this film is above average for a generally poor series. It does at least convey some sense of a battalion identity. The opening shot makes nonsense of the censor's attempt to obscure the battalion's identity
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 396

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