(Reel 11) The film-makers state "We think it is well that we should have been given an opportunity in this episode to show you these terrible fields that were trampled by our deathless allies in their...
I. The first reel shows men of the Indian Corps (including British soldiers) in France in January 1916. It is taken unaltered, in a slightly re-edited form, from IWM 202 INDIAN TROOPS AT THE FRONT. II...
Some of the squadron's Airco DH9 aircraft are wheeled out of their hangars at Hawkinge aerodrome near Lympne in Kent. A mail truck arrives with sacks of mail for Cologne, and these are piled into the ...
Unedited material of the British Army advance towards Germany following the Armistice, 29th November-1st December 1918.I. The gateway of the Kaiser's former headquarters at Spa with a German sentry on...
Opening with a close-up profile of a private of the regiment, showing the shoulder-title "Royal Berks" very clearly. A platoon walking past a damaged building. A posed group of NCOs and warrant office...
The British fleet awaits its visitors - among the attendant ships are Colossus and Bellerophon Class battleships, HMS Neptune, and Warrior and Minotaur Class armoured cruisers. HMS Canada: "A link in ...
The earliest flights were in spherical balloons. In 1903 the Wright brothers made the first flight (their Mark II Flier of 1904 is shown in flight). A 1910 Glen Curtiss Golden Flier. A 1927 Douglas M4...
Identifiable material is as follows. Reel 1: a flight of Bristol F2B Fighters taking off from an aerodrome; Prime Minister W F Massey of New Zealand arriving in France, probably October 1916. Reel 2: ...