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Other titles:THE WAR ANNALS 74 [Alternative Title]
Summary: French newsreel of the later stages of the Second Battle of the Marne, Western Front, August 1918.
Description: I. Bligny village and Mont Bligny near Rheims shows shell damage. General Berthelot reviews troops of British XXII Corps under Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Godley. These include what appear to be Anzac Mounted troops (Australians of 4th Light Horse Regiment ?) as Godley's escort. Two linked Renault lorries pull a 145mm naval gun through the streets of Romigny, followed by similar guns and mule transport. French and American troops inspect the concrete bed for a German superheavy gun, no longer in place. Pan over Ville-en-Tardenois and the Ardre River in V Corps area, as lorry-drawn 75mm field guns pass over a bridge. II. At Lassigny (?), in preparation for the next offensive, limbered 155mm Schneider guns and Infantry move up (filmed through the windows of a house). Inside the village captured German 77mm and 155mm guns are displayed. The bombardment of the German positions in front of Lassigny begins: note setting up of Hotchkiss in anti-aircraft role.
Alternative Title:THE WAR ANNALS 74 [Alternative Title]
Production Details: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Berthelot, Henri Mathias (person)
Godley, Alexander John (person)
British Army, Corps 22 (regiment/service)
Australian Army, 4th Light Horse Regiment (regiment/service)
French Army, [gunners] (regiment/service)
French Army (regiment/service)
United States Army & American Expeditionary Force (regiment/service)
French Army, Corps 5 (regiment/service)
Keywords: destruction, French military - area: artillery bombardment (object name)
delegations, French international - military (object name)
operations, French military - movement: road (object name)
weapons, French - gun: 145mm naval gun (object name)
defences, German - emplacement: [captured] (object name)
weapons, French - gun: 75mm field gun (object name)
weapons, French - gun: 155mm Schneider (object name)
weapons, German - gun: 77mm field gun & [captured] (object name)
weapons, German - gun: 155mm howitzer & [captured] (object name)
combat, French - artillery bombardment [D] (object name)
01/3(4-15).91 [1918 Marne] (event)
Bligny, Marne, France (geography)
Mont Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France (geography)
Marne, France (geography)
Romigny, Marne, France (geography)
Ville-en-Tardenois, Marne, France (geography)
Ardre (River), France (geography)
Lassigny, Oise, France (geography)
camera (concept)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: French
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 507 ft; Running time: 9 mins