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Summary: Very jumbled scenes of British forces on the Western Front in the First World War.
Description: Two German prisoners posed carrying Maxim machine guns. Scottish troops in a 3-ton lorry, which tows away a captured German 77mm field gun. A kilted Highland battalion on the march. A French colonial battery firing its 75mm field guns. British soldiers on the march in the rear areas. Back to the Highlanders on the march. A château, probably a British headquarters (very dark), the captured German guns and prisoners arrive. The prisoners help assembling the various trophies.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army (regiment/service)
British Army, Highlanders (regiment/service)
Keywords: spoils, British (object name)
prisoners of war, German - movement (object name)
operations, British military - movement: march (object name)
weapons, German - gun: 77mm field gun & [captured] (object name)
weapons, German - smallarm: Maxim machine gun & [captured] (object name)
01/3(4-15) (event)
France (geography)
Belgium (geography)
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 220 ft; Running time: 4 mins
Notes: Summary: despite the writing on its leader, the scene of the Highland troops does not show Cameronians
Remarks: very difficult to follow, and not worth the effort of trying