Western Front Christmas, 1915
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| Author | The War Office |
|---|---|
| Title | Western Front Christmas, 1915 |
| Notes | Christmas scenes on the Western Front, probably 1915. The Prince of Wales leaves a house to enter a car. A steam pump in operation by a canal lock, probably the Yser Canal. Troops, possibly new arrivals, entering billets. A field kitchen. Soldiers digging. A Christmas ride to Berlin showing British soldiers riding horses while wearing gasmasks. A horse obstacle-race. A ride of the Amazons of soldiers wearing skirts riding through shallow water. A ship coming into harbour. An RHA troop waiting to move off. British soldiers using a hand pump to clear a waterlogged trench. The date of Christmas 1915 is uncertain, but the format is that of early British official film, and Christmas 1916 seems too late. Also, there is the Prince of Wales, recorded by Malins as filmed at Christmas 1915. |
| Item Date | 1915 |
| Creation place | France or Belgium |
| File type | Video |
| Item source | DVD copy of original film |
| Item medium | DVD copy of original film |
| Content | Footage |
| Keywords | Western Front, Fighting Men, Trench |
| Collection ID | IWM 106 |
| Repository name | Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive |
| Repository address | Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road London SE1 6HZ UK |
| Repository URL | http://www.iwm.org.uk/ |
| Cataloguer | Alisa Miller |
| Filename | IWMFILM106-low.mp4 |
| Copyright | The Imperial War Museum Film Archive |
| Publication editor | Unknown |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Producer | British Topical Committee for War Films |
| Cameramen | Malins, Geoffrey H.; Tong, Edward G. |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/5505 |
