THE 44TH REMOUNT SQUADRON ON THE EGYPTIAN COAST [Main Title]

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  • Title: THE 44TH REMOUNT SQUADRON ON THE EGYPTIAN COAST [Main Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 2
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  • Summary: Training and loading methods of a British Army remount squadron in Egypt, probably 1917.
  • Description: The squadron exists to train fresh horses and mules for British Army war service. The horses are taught to keep at a steady walk in formation when other horses are galloping past at an angle. Various manoeuvres of a squadron in column of troops (according to the 1912 Cavalry Training Manual). Horses and large mules being taught to get up and down a steep embankment with a rider, and horses being exercised in the shallows of the sea. There is a brief shot of horses drinking from a trough, then a sequence of a large herd of mules "being taught to play follow the leader" at a gallop behind a single horseman. There follows "breaking obstinate animals" in a menage, both to the saddle and to pull a wagon, teaching mules to jump low walls and fences while being ridden, a general inspection, and the squadron loading horses onto a transport train, ending with a message held up to the camera on a board, "44th Remount Squadron, loading 100 horses, time 2 minutes 32 seconds".
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: IWM 2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company) Jury, William F (Production individual) Jeapes, Harold (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Egyptian Expeditionary Force (regiment/service) British Army, Remount Squadron 44 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: animals, mammals: horse (object name) animals, mammals: mule (object name) training, British military - specialist: equestrian (object name) training, British military - specialist: mules (object name) transport, British military - rail: horse transporter (object name) 01/3(569) (event) Egypt (geography) desert (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: 1189 ft; Running time: 20 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 2

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