Other titles:OFFICIAL PICTURES OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE - FIFTH SERIES [Series Title]
Summary: The attack by 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, at St Eloi, Western Front, 27 March 1916.
Description: A major commanding one of the supporting batteries receives orders to fire from a field telephone. 18-pounder field guns, completely hidden by brushwood, open fire. The view from the front line trench about an hour after the British dawn attack showing the newly-formed mine craters. A column of German prisoners, mostly 18th Jäger Battalion, being marched to the rear by escorts of 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Men of the Northumberland Fusiliers posed two days after the attack, back in their rest area, displaying their trophies which include Jäger dress helmets. The Official Photographer, Second Lieutenant Ernest Brooks, walks among the men with his camera, posing them for the picture, and then moves out of shot. (No members of the other battalion in the attack, 4th Royal Fusiliers, are clearly identified in the film.)
Alternative Title:OFFICIAL PICTURES OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE - FIFTH SERIES [Series Title]
Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor)
British Topical Committee for War Films (Production company)
Malins, Geoffrey H (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Brooks, Ernest (person)
British Army, Northumberland Fusiliers, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
Imperial German Army, Jager Bn 18 (regiment/service)
Keywords: weapons, British - gun: 18-pounder field gun (object name)
combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name)
operations, British military - return (object name)
journalism and record, British - photographer (object name)
prisoners of war, German - movement (object name)
spoils, British (object name)
equipment, German - personal: dress helmet (Jager Battalion) & [captured] (object name)
01/3(4-15).5 (event)
Mont Saint Eloi, West Flanders, Belgium (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 605 ft; Running time: 10 mins
