Title:THE WORLD'S GREATEST STORY - EPISODE 10 [Main Title]
Film Number:IWM 420-19+20
Other titles:
Summary: A thematic treatment of the British contribution to the North Russian Intervention Force, 1918-1919.
Description: (Reel 19) The episode starts with 'Justice' followed by the badge of the British Intervention Force. The actuality material opens with British troops boarding SS Carlotta at Tilbury docks, in May 1918, and a chaplain holding a service on board. The arrival at the mouth of the River Dvina at Archangel. Brigadier-General L W de V Sadlier-Jackson is greeted on 10th June with the Slav ceremony of bread and salt. Men of the Slavo-British Legion, recruited from Russian gaols. A blurred scene of General Shobelstyn (?) at Kem. Russian pony carts and views of the river. Major-General Maynard with the White Russian commander General Eugene K de Milar (or Miller). British soldiers in the forests with mosquito hoods. (Reel 20) A forest fire. A 4.5-inch howitzer fires by the wagon lines. Graves of men of the Royal Sussex Regiment at Kandalaksha. British troops in greatcoats and fur hats manning trenches in the winter of 1918-1919. A Red Cross ambulance removes wounded during a battle in a snowstorm. British troops on skis and reindeer-drawn sleighs. A Sopwith Camel taking off from the frozen Lake Onega using skids. Tram lines across the frozen river. The icebreaker SS War Dawn delivers ammunition up the river.
Personalities, Units and Organisations: Sadleir-Jackson, Lionel W de V (person)
Shobelstyn (General) (person)
Maynard, Charles C M (person)
Milar, Eugene K de (person)
British Army, North Russian Intervention Force (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Sussex Regiment (regiment/service)
White Russians (regiment/service)
Slavo-British Legion (regiment/service)
Keywords: ships, British auxiliary - transport: Carlotta (object name)
operations, British military - movement: ship (object name)
religion, Christianity - military, British (object name)
ceremonies, Russian - customary: bread and salt (object name)
destruction, Russian: fire (object name)
weapons, British - gun: 4.5-inch howitzer (object name)
casualties, British graves - formal (object name)
medical, British military - emergency (object name)
ships, British auxiliary - assistance: War Dawn (object name)
aircraft, British - combat: Sopwith Camel (object name)
equipment, British military - personal: mosquito hood (object name)
propaganda, British - inspirational (object name)
combat, British - artillery bombardment (object name)
transport, British military - ambulance (object name)
Intervention in Russia, British & 1918=1919 (event)
GB, England & Tilbury, Kent <docks> (geography)
Russia & North Russia & Archangel (geography)
Russia & North Russia & Dvina River (geography)
Russia & North Russia & Kem (geography)
Russia & North Russia & Kandalaksha (geography)
Russia & North Russia & Onega, Lake (geography)
Winter (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: 2
Footage: 1854 ft; Running time: 30 mins
