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Title:PATHE GAZETTE (1925) - THE BATTLE OF QUARLEY : terminates the 'Great War of 1925' [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 1064-03f
Other titles:
Summary: Newsreel item on Army manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain, summer 1925.
Description: A howitzer, apparently a 6-inch 26cwt without its gunshield, opens fire. An assembled group of military attachés watches - Japanese, Polish, Italian and French officers are recognisable. Gunners remove the camouflage from their 6-inch Mark VII gun, open fire and cover it again. Vickers Medium Mark I tanks burst out from the cover of a wood. "Aeroplanes, smoke screens, tanks, all played their part - but it's 'the infantry' that counts in the end." Smoke drums generate a smokescreen. Infantry in extended line advance through the smoke with tank support. The soldiers form a firing line in the open as the tanks come through on their flank. At the end of the exercise the troops march back along the road.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
Keywords: training, British military - combat (object name)
training, British military - combat: artillery (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 6-inch 26cwt howitzer (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 6-inch Mark VII (object name)
defences, British - passive: camouflage (object name)
weapons, British - CBW: smokescreen (object name)
delegations, Japanese international - military (object name)
delegations, Polish international - military (object name)
delegations, Italian international - military (object name)
delegations, French international - military (object name)
armour, British - tank: Vickers Medium Mark I (object name)
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England, UK (geography)
Quarley area, Wiltshire, England, UK (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: 218 ft; Running time: 4 mins