THE KING'S (LIVERPOOL) REGIMENT (sic) [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE KING'S (LIVERPOOL) REGIMENT (sic) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 398
  • Other titles: THE BRITISH REGIMENTS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Probably 1st Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment), in the rear areas of the Western Front, autumn 1917.
  • Description: The battalion parades outside a virtually undamaged château. The men wear shrapnel helmets but look quite smart if very tired. They are briefly inspected by their commanding officer (face not seen). They set out on a route march in full kit with transport limbers and wagons, the officers riding horses. The officers posed outside the château, the commanding officer may be Major H C Potter. The battalion boot repairers at work. The armourer's shop, showing maintenance work being done on a Lewis machine gun. Two field cookers in a yard comprise the "cookhouse". Several of the men emerge from the hayloft and come down an outer stairway. A "merry group of Liverpool lads" with the regimental goat. A final close-up of a soldier wearing his cap to display the regimental badge.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1918-01
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Potter, H C (person) British Army, King's Liverpool Regiment, 1st Battalion (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: operations, British military - routine (object name) operations, British military - maintenance (object name) weapons, British - smallarm: Lewis machine gun (object name) buildings, French - historic: château (object name) transport, British military - animal special: field kitchen (object name) animals, mammals: goat (mascot) (object name) 01/3(4-15).7 (event) 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: 437 ft; Running time: 7 mins
  • Notes: Summary: see also IWM 388 and the rest of the series Remarks: above average for the series, but by no means an outstanding film
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 398

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