ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 29 [Main Title]

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  • Title: ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 29 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 508-29
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  • Summary: I. French newsreel item showing a Letord L4 or L5 bomber (described as an artillery spotter) being wheeled out by French and US officers and groundcrew, the crew preparing and the take-off, Western Front, September 1917. III. French newsreel item of Prince Arthur of Connaught visiting French troops on various parts of the Western Front, September 1917.
  • Description: II. French newsreel item on German prisoners of war at Saint-Dizier, France, September 1917. Some of the prisoners work in a wood cutting timber and piling up sticks. Others dig up stones for roadfill. The prisoners march back to their camp under escort. At the camp they work building a new barracks. One prisoner undergoes the routine camp medical examination. Other prisoners rest outdoors. One has his hair cut, others wash themselves or their clothes in a river. At mealtime they queue for soup, then rest and play cards. The Prince decorates two men of a division in Alsace, following which the division marches past. Near the River Aisne he salutes the tattered standard of a battalion of Chasseurs and goes on to decorate one soldier. He then performs a similar ceremony at Noyon, decorating a soldier before watching a marchpast.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 508-29)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917-09-29
  • Production Country: France
  • Production Details: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Arthur of Connaught (HRH Prince) (person) French Army, Air Corps (regiment/service) United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) United States Army & Army Air Corps (regiment/service) French Army (regiment/service) French Army (regiment/service) French Army, [Chasseurs] (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: operations, French air - preparation (object name) operations, French air - sortie (object name) aircraft, French - combat: Letord L4 (?) (object name) prisoners of war, German - custody: [+] (object name) delegations, British international - military (object name) ceremonies, French - event-related: investiture (object name) ceremonies, British - event-related: investiture (object name) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) 31/3(44) (event) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) France (geography) Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne, France (geography) Alsace, France (geography) Aisne (River), France (geography) Noyon, Oise, France (geography)
  • 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: 447 ft; Running time: 8 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the shotsheet Production etc: see Notes to IWM 508-10 Series continuity: there is no film held as IWM 508-30
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