PATHE GAZETTE (1925) - THE BATTLE OF QUARLEY : terminates the 'Great War of 1925' [Main Title]

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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
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  • 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.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 1064-03f
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (IWM 1064-03f)
  • Featured Period: 1919-1938
  • Production Date: 1925
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Pathe (Production company)
  • 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
  • HD Media:Yes
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