GERMAN OFFENSIVE 6 [Main]


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  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 10 mins
  • Description: British and French troops camped in woods, with one man being shaved, probably close to Boves. French soldiers drive two abandoned cows in past British 18-pounders. A French armoured car of II Cavalry Corps, (?) a special model based on the White chassis, halted while two British soldiers talk to the occupants. German shells bursting over open country with a wood in the background, near Moreuil. A mule cart on the road with all the mules dead. A panorama of Amiens taken from the north-east across the river, showing the cathedral. A close-up pan, top to bottom, of the cathedral itself. British and French soldiers camped in woodland with a cow and a few horses, the men sleeping or resting, probably 2/10th Battalion, the London Regiment, of 58th Division with soldiers of the French 29th Division (?). A camouflaged 6-inch howitzer battery firing from a treeline out across a plain. A French 75mm battery firing in the open, showing the firing mechanism of one gun, probably near Domart. A French naval gun (?) on a railway carriage mount firing, near Boves.
    British and French troops in and around Amiens, Western Front, ca 5-7 April 1918.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / British Army, Div 58 / British Army, London Regiment, Bn 2/10 / French Army, Div 29 (?) / French Army, Corps, Cavalry, 2 (?) / armour, United States - armoured car: White & [French] / weapons, French - gun: (railway mounted) / weapons, French - gun: 75mm field gun & [+] / weapons, British - gun: 18-pounder field gun / weapons, British - gun: 6-inch Mark VII / combat, German - artillery bombardment [D] / animals, mammals: cow / animals, mammals: mule & [casualties] / buildings, French - religious: cathedral / society, British military - friendship / society, French military - friendship / society, British military - hygiene / 01/3(4-15).81 / Amiens, Somme, France / Boves, Somme, France / Domart, Somme, France / Moreuil, Somme, France / propaganda, British
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Topical Film Company
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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