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Other titles:THE BRITISH REGIMENTS [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: A battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment resting in the rear areas of the Western Front, autumn 1917.
Description: An open air church parade with the battalion drawn up in hollow square. The battalion marches back to its billets led by its band. A posed group of men "who have been with the battalion since 1914". A further posed group of officers and men of the battalion who have received decorations. (Both groups indistinctly filmed.) Men draw sacks of rations from a dump. Mail is distributed to the men.
Alternative Title:THE BRITISH REGIMENTS [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor)
Topical Film Company (Production company)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Bedfordshire Regiment (regiment/service)
Keywords: operations, British military - routine (object name)
religion, Christianity - military, British (object name)
communications, British military - postal (object name)
01/3(4-15).7 (event)
France (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: 316 ft; Running time: 6 mins