The village of Ebblinghem under German shellfire, the shells 'walking' towards the target over open fields. French soldiers marching through a crossroads on the outskirts of Amiens watched by idle Bri...
A very brief scene of British soldiers and French civilians walking along a street, possibly Arras. A Mk IV Female tank, with two soldiers riding on it, moving away across a field. A Highland battalio...
Filmed on 3 April, the remaining evidence of the famous charge of Lord Strathcona's Horse of the Canadian Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division, at Moreuil Ridge on 30 March. The dismounted survivors ...
I. A battery of Field Artillery in medium shot moving rapidly across country, followed by a close-up of the last two guns passing a small hut at the trot. A stationary Medium A Whippet tank (B37, poss...
The 'big battle' structure of the film opens with the preparatory bombardment for the days before the attack, the Infantry marching to their final positions, the attack itself, the casualties, prisone...
(Reel 25) The episode starts with 'Justice'. The opening states that this was "the great final offensive, in which the whole might of Britain's arms was concentrated, with an overwhelming force, upon ...
The archbishop and dignitaries leave the cathedral after the mass, and go into the cemetery where the archbishop pronounces a benediction over the graves. Everyone then leaves.A pan over the positions...
I. Training exercises of a British assault on German trenches, covered by smoke shells. The equipment, tactics and terrain are consistent with the Flanders offensive, Western Front, 1917.II. A lorry-m...