WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 341-2 (Spanish version, fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 341-2 (Spanish version, fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 681d
  • Other titles: PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 341-2 (Spanish version, fragment) [Alternative Title]
  • Summary: Spanish language version of a newsreel item on British troops building a sandbag observation tower in Mesopotamia, not far from Ramadi, 28th-29th September 1917.
  • Description: The tower is very high and used for Artillery observation. The last few sandbags are hauled up into position.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-03-07
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Ministry of Information (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Field Artillery (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: defences, British - emplacement: observation tower (object name) 01/3(567).7 (event) Mesopotamia & Ramadi sector (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: Spanish
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 58 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: see IWM 651a for production details Summary: see IWM 59 for this item Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 681a, IWM 681b and IWM 681c, the can is marked as IWM 681
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 681d

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