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Title:WITH THE BRITISH FORCES FOR THE DEFENCE OF SALONIKA [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 1062-22b
Other titles:
Summary: Disjointed film of British forces on the Salonika Front, probably mid-1916.
Description: The film's scenes are out of sequence and its title appears nearly half-way through. As it stands, it opens with soldiers filling sandbags and digging a trench line. Scottish troops on the march with shovels. Troops drinking tea in a slit trench. British soldiers escorting a Greek civilian donkey convoy. Three staff officers in a slit trench. British soldiers trying to put out a smouldering fire in a house in the town of Salonika. (The title appears here.) A digging party marches out of camp. Others carry and shovel sand for construction. The completed trench is revetted, ("rivetting a trench" according to the caption) with branches.
Production Details: Topical Film Company (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: operations, British military - routine (object name)
engineering, military, British: trench building (object name)
animals, mammals: donkey (object name)
society, British military - sustenance (object name)
destruction, Greek: fire (object name)
First World War, Salonika Front & (?) 1916 (event)
Greece & Salonika area, Macedonia (geography)
Greece & Salonika, Macedonia (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: 302 ft; Running time: 5 mins
HD Media:Yes
Notes: Summary: although some scenes of this film are missing, the numbered captions make some form of reconstruction possible. Taking the captions as a guide, the film in its current state runs as follows: scene 4, scene 9, scene 16, scene 15, title sequence, scene 1, scene 3, scene 12, scene 5
Technical: this film is currently held on the same reel as film IWM 1062-22a, the can is marked as IWM 1062-22