ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 40 [Main Title]

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  • Title: ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 40 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 508-40
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  • Summary: I. French newsreel item of French gunners instructing US gunners in the loading and firing of their 400mm (?) railway howitzers, shown in detail. Western Front, December 1917. II. French newsreel item on their own forces on the Italian Front, December 1917. III. French newsreel item of General Pétain decorating the standard of 27th Chasseur Battalion at its headquarters in the Vosges, France, December 1917. IV. French newsreel item of their various war dogs in training, Western Front, December 1917. V. French newsreel item showing General Pétain arriving by car and being met by King Albert of Belgium. Together they review French and Belgian troops of First Army in the Ypres area of Belgium, December 1917.
  • Description: Lorries full of French troops drive through the village of Montebello. French soldiers on the march in two parallel columns come out past the main church. Italian and French troops share a trench on the Piave River line. The river is visible on the horizon through the defensive wire. The garrison headquarters of the battalion is shown. The men parade their standard through the local town and back to the barracks. General Pétain (poor shot) pins the Médaille Militaire onto the standard. Snow is falling, sometimes heavily, throughout. War dogs of various breeds are led off by their trainers from their kennels into the training area, and race forward past smoke grenade explosions in search of wounded men. Close-ups of two of the dogs, a Saint Bernard and a beagle.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 508-40
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 508-40)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917-12-15
  • Production Country: France
  • Production Details: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Pétain, Philippe (person) Pétain, Philippe (person) Albert I, King of Belgium (person) French Army, [gunners] (regiment/service) United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) United States Army & [gunners] (regiment/service) French Army (regiment/service) Royal Italian Army (regiment/service) French Army, Chasseurs, Bn 27 (regiment/service) French Army (regiment/service) French Army, Army 1 (regiment/service) French Army, Army 1 & Belgian Contingent (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: combat, French - artillery bombardment (object name) training, French military - weapons: railway howitzer (object name) training, United States military - weapons: railway howitzer (object name) society, French military - friendship (object name) society, United States military - friendship (object name) weapons, French - gun: 400mm howitzer (railway mounted) (object name) operations, French military - movement: march (object name) operations, French military - movement: road (object name) ceremonies, French - event-related: investiture (object name) animals, mammals: dog (object name) training, French military - specialist: dogs (object name) delegations, French national - military (object name) delegations, French international - military (object name) delegations, Belgian national - state (object name) delegations, Belgian international - state (object name) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) 01/3(45).7 (event) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) France (geography) Italy & Montebello, Veneto (geography) Italy & Piave (River) (geography) Alsace, France (geography) France (geography) Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium (geography) Winter (concept) snow (concept)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: French Subtitle language: French
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 469 ft; Running time: 8 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
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