ANNALES DE LA GUERRE - ADDITIONAL MATERIAL 2 [Main Title]

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  • Title: ANNALES DE LA GUERRE - ADDITIONAL MATERIAL 2 [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 670b
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  • Summary: English language version of jumbled French official films showing events in Brussels in 1918, and in France in 1917.
  • Description: German horsed transport riders leaving Brussels on 21st November 1918. Mayor Max, released from prison, is cheered by the crowd. The King and Queen of Belgium make a state entry on 22nd November. The cathedral at Soissons in April 1917, showing shell damage. An extract is quoted from a captured German artillery officer's diary to the effect that the cathedral was deliberately used as an aiming point. A pan over Maubeuge, which shows some damage.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 670b)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917
  • Production Country: France
  • Production Details: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française (Production sponsor)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Albert I, King of Belgium (person) Elisabeth, Queen of Belgium (person) Max, Adolphe (person) Brussels, Mayor of (person) German Army (regiment/service) Belgian Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: celebrations, Belgian - liberation (object name) ceremonies, Belgian - state: entry into Brussels (King Albert) (object name) destruction, French military - area: artillery bombardment (object name) buildings, French - religious: cathedral & [damaged] (object name) propaganda, French - inflammatory (object name) 01/3(4-15).6 (event) First World War, Armistice & 21/11/1918=22/11/191 8 (event) Brussels, Brabant, Belgium (geography) Soissons, Aisne, France (geography) Maubeuge, Nord, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 385 ft; Running time: 7 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: for production details see IWM 508-10 Summary: see also IWM 435 for the Soissons story and IWM 508-88 for the Brussels story Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 670a and IWM 670c, the can is marked as IWM 670
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 670b

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