[JOSEF ON THE ITALIAN FRONT 1] [Allocated]

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Other title(s): [JOSEF ON THE ITALIAN FRONT 1] [Allocated]
Year: 1917
Runtime: 5 mins
Description: The troops are in rear-area camps and camouflaged trenches well below the snow-line. Josef, with his staff, walks around the area, completely informally, talking to the occasional soldier. He watches the workings of a field kitchen as it prepares food. Josef and his staff make their way along a heavily camouflaged trench.
Archduke Josef, the Austro-Hungarian Army Group Commander, makes an informal tour of his men's positions, Italian Front, probably 1917.
Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Josef Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria-Hungary / Austro-Hungarian Army / operations, Austro-Hungarian military - routine / society, Austro-Hungarian military - sustenance / equipment, Austro-Hungarian - environmental: field kitchen / 01/3(45).7 (?) / Italy
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Provider: Imperial War Museums
Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
Colour: Black & White
Sound: Without sound
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