SCENES IN CAMBRAI 1 [Main]


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  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 8 mins
  • Description: Canadian transport wagons move through the streets, crowded with civilians. More civilians cross a fragile-looking plank bridge over the river, which has replaced a damaged iron bridge. Marching columns and 6-inch 26cwt howitzers cross another bridge. Two of the howitzers, which are lorry-drawn, are draped with the French flag and one with the US flag. Areas of Cambrai are still on fire. A hay store burns fiercely as troops attempt to salvage some items. In the main square one building is already gutted by fire, which spreads to the others. Brigadier-General D C Draper of 8th Brigade, Canadian 3rd Division, consults a map with members of his staff on the middle of the square. More buildings are in flames. A German prisoner is escorted through a street filled with smoke.
    The town of Cambrai after its capture by Canadian 3rd Division, Western Front, 8th October 1918.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Draper, D C / Canadian Army, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Div 3, Bde 8 / British Army, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Div 3, Bde 8 / operations, Canadian military - movement / destruction, French military - area: artillery bombardment / destruction, French: fire / weapons, British - gun: 6-inch 26cwt howitzer & [Canadian] / equipment, Canadian military - navigational: map / prisoners of war, German - movement / 01/3(4-15).9 / Cambrai, Nord, France
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Topical Film Company
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound