OUR EMPIRE'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM - PART 5 [Main]


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  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 18 mins
  • Description: Winter on the Western Front 1915-1916. Soldiers travel on a light railway; a 6-inch howitzer and 9.2-inch howitzers firing in damp and snow; troops in snow-covered trenches, including one 'over the top' sequence; and soldiers, transport and guns in very muddy conditions behind the lines. A kite balloon is manoeuvred up by RFC personnel. A view from an aircraft at 10,000 feet over the countryside, ending with a spiralling dive from 14,000 feet. A caption gives British claims for the Battle of Jutland, 31st May 1916: German losses 18 battleships, cruisers and submarines against 13 British ships. The battle cruiser base at Rosyth, showing a Felixstowe flying boat and various battle cruisers, notably HMS Lion.
    The British sector of the Western Front, and the battle cruiser station at Rosyth, Scotland, 1916.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / British Army / Royal Navy, Lion / transport, British military - rail: narrow gauge train / weapons, British - gun: 6-inch 26cwt howitzer / weapons, British - gun: 9.2-inch howitzer / combat, British - artillery bombardment / aircraft, British - balloon: observation kite balloon / aircraft, British naval - seaplane: Felixstowe flying boat / ships, British naval - battleship: Lion / 01/3(4-15).5 / 12/3(261.2).7 (?) / France / World War, 1914-1918 -- France / GB, Scotland & Rosyth, Fife / camera / World War, 1914-1918 -- Motion pictures and the war / mud / Winter
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound