The men dismount in front of a farmhouse, standing by their horses with their rifles. They then come to attention and remount with their rifles. They move off, closing up formation into column of four...
Some of the film comes directly, including the captions, from IWM 17 NEW CRUSADERS. Most of the segments are of only a few seconds' duration. Most of the film is of ancient ruins like Babylon and Baal...
British rough material of the Battle of Amiens, Western Front, mid-August 1918.
The British occupation of Cologne, including 1st Cavalry Division and 29th Division marching past General Sir Herbert Plumer, commanding the Army of Occupation, across the Hohenzollern Bridge, 6th-14t...
(Reel 1) The opening shows the destruction near Bapaume and Péronne caused by the German retreat. Buildings have been blown up, trees cut down. A British cyclist patrol is greeted by the population o...
British "Territorials" in winter clothes march along a road in Mesopotamia, followed by a unit of cyclists. Indian soldiers marching. A 1-pounder Vickers anti-aircraft gun on a rail flatcar at Kahm Ba...
(Reel 1) The series uses dramatised symbols to cover gaps in its actuality material. It opens, as do all the episodes, with a brief scene of an actress portraying 'Justice', blindfold with scales and ...
Austin armoured cars stand on the bridge, covering it with machine guns, as trams pass along and German civilians go about their business. (Note the British official photographer J Warwick Brooke at w...