BRITISH TROOPS IN SALONIKA - 1 [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: BRITISH TROOPS IN SALONIKA - 1 [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: IWM 95
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  • Summary: British guns and forces on the Salonika Front, probably early 1917.
  • Description: An Indian mountain battery with 10-pounder mountain guns. A British 2.75-inch mountain gun (?) dug in on a hillside under scrim netting. Another 2.75-inch on a raised platform. A 13-pounder anti-aircraft gun. Gunners fusing shells. A 60-pounder being fired under scrim. A group of officers of various Allied nationalities watching a British marchpast.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1917
  • Production Country: GB United States of America
  • Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor) International Film Service (Production company) Varges, Ariel L (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Artillery, Royal Garrison Artillery (regiment/service) Indian Army, Indian Artillery (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: weapons, British - gun: 10-pounder mountain gun & [Indian] (object name) weapons, British - gun: 2.75-inch mountain gun (object name) weapons, British - gun [AA]: 13-pounder (object name) weapons, British - gun: 60-pounder (object name) 01/3(497) (event) Greece & Salonika area, Macedonia (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 558 ft; Running time: 10 mins
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Notes: Production: although possibly a private acquisition, this is most likely one of the films taken by Varges for the British government in spring 1917 before his transfer to the Mesopotamian Front.
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    IWM 95

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