PATHE GAZETTE (1925?) - THE SAME OLD ... MUD [Main Title]

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  • Title: PATHE GAZETTE (1925?) - THE SAME OLD ... MUD [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1064-02b
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  • Summary: Newsreel item on Army manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain, probably 1925.
  • Description: The captions stress that, although "not quite the Flanders variety" there is still a lot of mud in the battle for "our now almost wholly mechanised Army". In the rain small patrols of Cavalry and Infantry make their way across the plain. Carden-Loyd Mark II carriers and Burford-Kegresse half-tracks follow the patrols. Rolls-Royce armoured cars lead columns of trucks down dirt roads (there is not, in fact, much mud, but all look miserable).
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1064-02b)
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1925
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Pathe (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service) British Army, cavalry (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: training, British military - combat (object name) armour, British - carrier: Carden-Loyd (object name) armour, British - halftrack: Burford-Kegresse (object name) armour, British - armoured car: Rolls-Royce (object name) Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, UK (geography) Autumn (concept) mud (concept)
  • 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: 208 ft; Running time: 4 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Technical: this item is currently held on the same reel as films IWM 1064-02a-d, the can is marked as IWM 1064-02 Remarks: the first manoeuvres since 1918 were held in 1925, and appear to fit this film; but even if the date is as late as 1930, the description of the Army as "almost wholly mechanised" is misleading, to say the least
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    IWM 1064-02b

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