WAR OFFICE OFFICIAL TOPICAL BUDGET 354-2 (fragment) [Main]
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Other title(s): PICTORIAL NEWS (OFFICIAL) 354-2 (fragment) [alternative]
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Year: 1918
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Runtime: 4 mins
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Description: Close to Villers Bretonneux the tank 'Elfriede', victim of the first tank-to-tank engagement on 24th April, lies on its side with its track mechanism clearly visible.A view of the mountain area. The Prince walks with his French escort through the snow-covered lower slopes of the area, hardly visible in his heavy winter overcoat."The fight for the woods": Cavalrymen, probably of 1st Cavalry Division, canter down the slope in column of twos and move through a wood. Scottish troops, some wounded, "out of the battle and all smiles", grin at the camera.
I. Newsreel item on French troops guarding an overturned German A7V tank, "made in Germany", Western Front, 8th May 1918.II. Newsreel item on the visit of the Prince of Wales to the Anglo-French sector of the Italian Front, May 1918.III. Newsreel item on US troops and guns, "the heroes of Montdidier", on the march in rear areas, Western Front, spring 1918.IV. Newsreel item on British cavalry and other troops on the Western Front, late March-early April 1918.
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Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Edward, Prince (Duke of Windsor) / French Army, Army 1 / French Army / United States Army & American Expeditionary Force / British Army / British Army, Div, Cavalry, 1 / armour, German - tank: A7V Sturmpanzerwagen & [captured] & [damaged] / propaganda, British - inflammatory / delegations, British international - goodwill / operations, United States military - movement: march / casualties, British wounded - battlefield / propaganda, British - inspirational / 01/3(4-15).8 / 01/3(45).8 / 01/3(4-15).8 / 01/3(4-15).92 [1918 Somme 2] / Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France / Italy / France / World War, 1914-1918 -- France / Somme, France / mountains / snow
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Provider: Imperial War Museums
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Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Production company: Topical Film Company
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Colour: Black & White
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Sound: Without sound
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