Summary: I. French newsreel item showing civilians, mainly women, filing past the graves at the Allied cemetery of Zeitenlick on All Saints' Day. Salonika Front, 1st November 1917.
II. French newsreel item showing M Métin, Mayor of Evian, and his council members welcoming refugees from occupied areas who are to be resettled nearby. France, November 1917.
III. French newsreel item showing that the port of Dunkirk with its Jean Bart Square is undamaged, and cargo ships are unloading there, despite German air raids. France, November 1917.
IV. French newsreel item showing fraternisation between British and French soldiers at the junction of their lines in the Ypres area, November 1917.
V. French newsreel item of the aftermath of the Chemin des Dames offensive from the River Aisne. France, November 1917.
Description: The men are French I Corps and British II Corps to the south. A mixed posed group of British and French soldiers talk with one another. British officers watch a French 75mm field gun crew opening fire from a gun pit. A British relief party passes another 75mm piece. British convoys travel on the roads, which are quite muddy. These include 3-ton lorries, marching soldiers, Holt tractors pulling 9.2-inch howitzers, limbers pulling 6-inch howitzers, motor ambulances, a London bus, and horse-drawn GS wagons. French horse-drawn transport passes the other way. Other roads show more marching columns of troops and London buses used to carry them.
Watched by delegations from all the regiments which fought in the offensive, General Pétain decorates the standards of the regiments which distinguished themselves most. The ceremony is held in open fields in the pouring rain. General Maistre, commanding Sixth Army which made the attack, is decorated by Pétain as a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. The regiments march past in salute, and display their standards.
Production Details: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Metin (M) (person)
Evian, Mayor of (person)
Pétain, Philippe (person)
Maistre, Paul (person)
British Army, Army 2, Corps 2 (regiment/service)
French Army, Army 1 & Corps 1 (regiment/service)
French Army, Army 6 (regiment/service)
Keywords: ceremonies, French - event-related: All Saints' Day (object name)
ceremonies, Greek - event-related: All Saints' Day (object name)
casualties, French graves - formal (object name)
casualties, Greek graves - formal (object name)
casualties, Allied graves - formal (object name)
refugees, French - settlement (object name)
society, French - charity (object name)
supplies, French, movement [RA] - misc (object name)
society, French military - friendship (object name)
society, British military - friendship (object name)
combat, French - artillery bombardment (object name)
weapons, French - gun: 75mm field gun (object name)
operations, British military - movement: road (object name)
supplies, British, movement [RA] - misc (object name)
operations, British military - movement: march (object name)
transport, British military - prime mover: Holt tractor (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 9.2-inch howitzer (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 6-inch 26cwt howitzer (object name)
transport, British military - bus (object name)
transport, British military - animal (object name)
transport, French military - animal (object name)
ceremonies, French - event-related: investiture (object name)
First World War, Salonika Front & 1/11/1917 (event)
31/3(44) (event)
31/3(44) (event)
01/3(4-15).74 (event)
01/3(4-15).7 (event)
Greece & Salonika area, Macedonia <Zeitenlick cemetery> (geography)
Evian-les-Bains, Haut-Savoie, France (geography)
Jean Bart Square, Dunkirk, Nord, France (geography)
Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium (geography)
France (geography)
mud (concept)
rain (concept)
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: 537 ft; Running time: 10 mins
