the NORTHANTS REGIMENT (sic) [Main]
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Other title(s): [the BRITISH REGIMENTS] [Allocated Series]
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Year: 1918
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Runtime: 6 mins
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Description: A posed group of men of the battalion sitting or lying down. A posed shot of two soldiers together. Three soldiers clean a disassembled Lewis machine gun. A company drilling, indifferently, on open ground. A platoon practises taking aim and recovering its rifles. Signallers practise semaphore drill. An NCO, leading bayonet practice, shows a group of the men how to contain a fugitive. Officers and men stand outside a battalion headquarters made up of temporary huts. Two companies march past the huts.
A battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment in the rear areas of the Western Front, autumn 1917.
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Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / British Army, Northamptonshire Regiment / operations, British military - routine / training, British military - combat: bayonet / weapons, British - smallarm: Lewis machine gun / training, British military - specialist: signals / communications, British military - direct: semaphore / 01/3(4-15).7 / France / World War, 1914-1918 -- France
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Collection:
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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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