(Reel 5) The episode, as with all in the series, opens with the figure of 'Justice' portrayed by an actress. British troops march in column through villages near to the front. A bombardment by 60-poun...
A German 150mm gun is towed into a wood east of Ribecourt on the Marcoing road by a Mark IV female tank HMLS 'Intimidate' (of 'I' Company, Tank Corps ?) and met by men of the Royal Artillery and (prob...
Troops repairing bridges throw rocks to splash the camera. Varennes (where, in July, 3rd Division earned the title 'Marne') showing extensive damage. An American discovering a German booby trap (acted...
A selection of the most visually attractive film taken by the British official cameramen during March and April (for the GERMAN OFFENSIVE series) without regard to date or place, padded out with stock...
The captions are violent: "From July 1st our offensive never slackened; town after town fell to the assaults of our indomitable troops." A map of the Flers-Courcelette area. Male and Female Mark I tan...
(Reel 11) The film-makers state "We think it is well that we should have been given an opportunity in this episode to show you these terrible fields that were trampled by our deathless allies in their...
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...
The funeral of a nurse killed when one of the British military hospitals in France was bombed (deliberately, according to the film) by the Germans in their March offensive. The caption style which is ...