LENS - ZONNEBEKE - MORSEELE [Main]


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  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 4 mins
  • Description: I. Transport wagons of 12th (Eastern) Division being driven up a slope and round a corner with a push from waiting soldiers, near Lens, 14th October. II. A dressing station, probably near Zonnebeke. British soldiers of 9th (Scottish) Division rest with Belgian soldiers, mostly wearing hats rather than helmets, so probably a safe area. III. Pan over the village of Moorsele showing shell damage, coming to rest on an inn with the village name painted on its side.
    Unedited film of recently-liberated areas on the Western Front, October 1918.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / British Army, Div 12 / British Army, Div 9 / Belgian Army / transport, British military - animal / medical, British military - emergency / destruction, Belgian military - area: artillery bombardment / society, British military - friendship / society, Belgian military - friendship / 01/3(4-15).9 / Moorsele, West Flanders, Belgium / Zonnebeke, West Flanders, Belgium / Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Topical Film Company
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound