TOPICAL BUDGET 284-1 (fragment) [Main Title]

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  • Title: TOPICAL BUDGET 284-1 (fragment) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 1061-05c
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  • Summary: Newsreel item on men of the Royal Irish Regiment training with rifle grenades, possibly Salonika, early autumn 1916.
  • Description: A captain demonstrates how the rifle grenade, which requires no cup, fits into the rifle. His men, using a trench periscope, fire the grenades from a trench. All are in shirtsleeves.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917-01-29
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Irish Regiment (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: training, British military - weapons: rifle grenade (object name) weapons, British - projector: rifle grenade (object name) equipment, British - personal: trench periscope (object name) First World War, Salonika Front (?) & (?) 9/1916 (event) Greece & Salonika area, Macedonia (?) (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: 62 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • Notes: Production: see IWM 651a and IWM 1061-01 for production details Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 1061-05a-i, the can is marked as IWM 1061-05
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 1061-05c

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