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BATTLE OF THE SOMME [Main]
1916
Imperial War Museums

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...

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the GERMAN RETREAT AND THE BATTLE OF ARRAS [Main]
1917
Imperial War Museums
Weitere Titel:
- the BATTLE OF ARRAS [alternative]

(Reel 1) The opening shows the destruction near Bapaume and Péronne caused by the German retreat. Buildings have been blown up, trees cut down. A British cyclist patrol is greeted by the population o...

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the AUSTRALIANS IN THE SOMME ADVANCE [Main]
1918
Imperial War Museums

Probably filmed mostly before 8am (as fog is everywhere on the horizon) and on 2nd Australian Division front. Pioneers advance in single file with spades and rifles using white tapes on the ground to ...

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an AUSTRALIAN BRIGADE HOLDS A WATER CARNIVAL IN THE SOMME BEFORE GOING INTO BATTLE [Main]
1918
Imperial War Museums

Very short piece of a water carnival held by 9th Brigade, 3rd Australian Division in May 1918, with punt battles, wrestling, diving from boards and swimming. Some men wear swimming costumes, others do...

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the BATTLE OF THE ANCRE AND ADVANCE OF THE TANKS [Main]
1917
Imperial War Museums
Weitere Titel:
- BATTLE OF THE ANCRE [alternative]

(Reel 1) Material from various phases of the Somme offensive without regard for logical or chronological continuity. The film opens with the unloading of supply trains, and soldiers on the march to th...

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ATTACK SOUTH OF ARRAS [Main]
1918
Imperial War Museums
Weitere Titel:
- [AUGUST OFFENSIVE 2] [alternative, allocated]

British rough material of the Battle of Amiens, Western Front, mid-August 1918.

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the GREAT BRITISH OFFENSIVE [Main]
1918
Imperial War Museums

(Reel 1) Near Bapaume a German "anti-tank gun" lies in an unidentifiable wreck with its crew dead beside it. Shells burst in the distance. Two 6-inch Mk VII guns are drawn by Holt tractors to new posi...

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FIVE YEARS AGO [Main]
1923
Imperial War Museums

I. (Reel 1) The Western Front 1916, re-edited sections of IWM 116 BATTLE OF THE ANCRE, using the same scenes and captions as the original, but not in the same order. This covers events in the middle p...

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