the ROYAL WEST KENT REGIMENT [Main]


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  • Autre(s) titre(s): [the BRITISH REGIMENTS] [Allocated Series]
  • Année: 1918
  • Durée: 8 mins
  • Description: The battalion and band, with mounted officers, march along a dirt road. The men rest outside the canteen drinking tea. Others play in a river and millpond, including a friendly game of water-polo. A boxing match, in a ring, ends with a staged knockout. A posed group of men of the battalion "who have been out since 1914" with the battalion mascot dog. A further posed group of officers and men "who have gained decorations during the present war". A pair of transport horses which have been with the battalion since 1914 are awarded a silver cup for good condition.
    Probably a regular battalion of the Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) on the Western Front, autumn 1917.
  • Mots-clés: EFG1914 / World War I / British Army, Kent Regiment, West Royal / operations, British military - routine / society, British military - sustenance / recreation, British military - casual: water-polo / animals, mammals: dog (mascot) / animals, mammals: horse / 01/3(4-15).7 / France / World War, 1914-1918 -- France / Belgium / World War, 1914-1918 -- Belgium
  • Fournisseur: Imperial War Museums
  • Droits: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Société de production: Topical Film Company
  • Couleur: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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