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Title:ANNALES DE LA GUERRE - ADDITIONAL MATERIAL 2 [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 670b
Other titles:
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.
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