Description: "FLOODED THAMES VALLEY - Scenes at Shiplake and Wargrave." Soldiers in horse-drawn cart pass alond flooded country road. Family is rescued by punt from flood-threatened house.
"STRAIGHT FROM THE TRENCHES - Home for the week-end." Soldiers emerge from entrance to (London ?) railway station.
"CHRISTMAS GREETINGS BETWEEN BRITISH AND FRENCH NON-COMS." French and British soldiers shake hands (for the camera).
"TO OUTMATCH 'JACK JOHNSON'- British 'Long Toms' on the way to ---." Steam tractor-driven heavy artillery pieces pass set off along straight road in France.
"CARDINAL MERCIER, PRIMATE OF BELGIUM, ARRESTED BY GERMANS." Cardinal Mercier steps into frame of door and poses for camera.
"PREPARING THEIR CHRISTMAS DINNER." British Army cooks prepare food and chop wood beside field kitchen.
"AT A WAYSIDE SHRINE." French soldiers armed with rifles light up pipes and cigarettes while they pause outside a wayside shrine.
"THE LOSS OF THE FORMIDABLE - Capt Pillar and the crew of the Brixham trawler Provident who rescued 71 of the crew of HMS Formidable in mountainous seas. The sails are set as during the rescue scene." Captain Pillar poses with his two crewmen and two boy sailors on board his trawler, then takes the helm of his vessel (BM 291).
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Colour:B&W
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Object_Number:NGG 179
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Featured Period:1914-1918
Production Date:1915-01-07
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Gaumont Graphic (Production company)
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Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: None
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 600 ft (ca); Running time: 6 mins (at 16 fps)
