A posed group of the battalion. One man has a small child on his knee, to whom he is chanting nursery rhymes. The men form up for an issue of beer. Men of 'C' Company are issued with hot food from car...
General scenes of destruction with British troops in the middle distance, showing mainly the damage done to the church, inside and out, and a water-filled crater.
Damage done to the village of Ri...
The regiments are as follows. The Civil Service Rifles (a battalion of the Royal Fusiliers). The London Scottish (1/14th Battalion, the London Regiment). Pipers of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlander...
I. Lieutenant-General Sir William R Marshall, C-in-C of the MEF, filmed wearing a cap, then a sun helmet. II. Major-General W Gillman, chief of staff of the MEF. III. Major-General H T Brooking, comma...
Drivers water their horses at a trough. A brigade of RFA 18-pounders moves off from their camp ground. Other 18-pounders move past dead Highlanders (from IWM 191 BATTLE OF THE SOMME). A battery of 18-...
The damage is fairly minor, involving houses with a wall missing and similar ruins. British soldiers walk through the ruins and a marching column comes down the street. A wagon-load of British troops ...
Soldiers simulate a night attack, blindfolding themselves before charging out of a trench down a course. Other soldiers build barbed wire entanglements while wearing gasmasks. Two soldiers in a foxhol...
Soldiers deliver letters at the "Post Hatch". They are taken by motorcycle to the Signal Office, where military clerks use telegraph, telephone and tickertape machines to relay the information.
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