ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 80 [Main Title]

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  • Title: ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 80 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 508-80
  • Other titles: THE WAR ANNALS 80 [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: I. French newsreel item on the British progress in Flanders during the Advance to Victory, September 1918. II. French newsreel item on their own forces in the Advance to the Hindenburg Line, Western Front, September 1918. III. French newsreel item on US forces in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, Western Front, September 1918.
  • Description: The general area of Ypres. Filmed from just outside the town itself, shells falling on buildings on the outskirts. Two Mark V tanks, one Male, one Female, both carrying soldiers, move over open country. The Male carries a British soldier with a Tank Corps flag. British Whippet tanks move up a road past abandoned German shells. A British 18-pounder battery "bombarding the Hindenburg Line". A display of captured German guns, from heavy calibres to machine guns, watched over by British and Australian soldiers. British transport limbers, possibly XI Corps (note the formation sign) make their way across the battlefield. Pan over the region near Tahure, Marne area, being bombarded by French guns. In the mist soldiers, probably of II Corps, move forward in single file to capture the German forward trenches. At a command post the soldiers work wearing their gasmasks. In daylight the first lines of German prisoners are led back. Schneider CA1 tanks continue the advance. In the rear areas troops relax near a field kitchen. Men of V Corps in billets in the town of Varennes, captured 26th September. 75mm guns and transport pass through the town. A pan over Montfaucon, showing the American wire and German positions on the heights. The church has been reduced to rubble, and one of the crypts has been used by the Germans as an observation post. German prisoners are assembled and marched away. The large marching column goes past the headquarters of Fourth Army at Saint-Même, on the outskirts of Châlons, and the prisoners are made to march at attention and salute as they pass the building.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 508-80)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-09-02
  • Production Country: France
  • Production Details: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Tank Corps (regiment/service) British Army, gunners (regiment/service) Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 11 (regiment/service) French Army, Corps 2 (regiment/service) United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) United States Army & Army 4 (regiment/service) United States Army & Corps 5 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: combat, British - artillery bombardment [d] (object name) armour, British - tank: Tank Mark V Male (object name) armour, British - tank: Tank Mark V Female (object name) arts, British military - heraldry: flag (Tank Corps) (object name) arts, British military - heraldry: formation sign (XI Corps) (object name) armour, British - tank: Tank Medium A Whippet (object name) supplies, German, storage [FA] - munitions: [captured] (object name) combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name) weapons, British - gun: 18-pounder field gun (object name) spoils, British (object name) spoils, Australian (object name) operations, British military - movement: road (object name) combat, French - artillery bombardment [D] (object name) operations, French military - sortie (object name) equipment, French - personal: gasmask (object name) prisoners of war, German - movement (object name) armour, French - tank: Schneider CA1 (object name) transport, French military - animal special: field kitchen (object name) weapons, French - gun: 75mm field gun & [captured] (object name) defences, German - emplacement (object name) buildings, French - religious: church & [wrecked] (object name) propaganda, French - inflammatory (object name) prisoners of war, German - movement: [abuse] (object name) buildings, United States - military: headquarters (Fourth Army) (object name) 01/3(4-15).9 (event) 01/3(4-15).94 (event) 01/3(4-15).96 (event) Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium (geography) Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium (geography) Tahure, Marne, France (geography) Verdun, Meuse, France (geography) Varennes-en-Argonne, Meuse, France (geography) Montfaucon, Aisne, France (geography) Chalons, France (geography) Saint-Meme, Marne, France (geography) fog (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: 721 ft; Running time: 12 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Title: this is taken from the shotsheet Date: the release date is taken from French official sources but does not fit some of the film Subtitles: these are flashframes Production etc: see Notes to IWM 508-10 Remarks: this is really the first episode of the newsreel to show the British, as opposed to French and American, contribution to the victories of 1918. Given that, in terms of scale, the British and British Imperial contribution to these battles was greater than that of the other Allies combined this is a reflection of the hostility and ill-feeling generated between the French and British during the war. British material shows a similar failure to acknowledge the French and American contributions after April 1918
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