Ypres - The Shell Shattered City of Flanders, 1916, Official Pictures of the British Army in France
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| Author | War Office |
|---|---|
| Title | Ypres - The Shell Shattered City of Flanders, 1916, Official Pictures of the British Army in France |
| Notes | Damage to the town of Ypres, Western Front, February 1916. A panorama of the city. Views of the main square taken from the area of Hellfire Corner. The Cloth Hall, most of it still intact. Exterior and interior scenes of the cathedral, showing the west door and the fact that the organ has been destroyed. British soldiers pet two black and white puppies abandoned in the ruins. A longer version with the same title, now held as IWM 344, was released in 1918, showing scenes up to the end of the war. |
| Item Date | March 1916 |
| Creation place | Ypres, Belgium (Google Maps) |
| File type | Video |
| Item source | DVD copy of original film |
| Item medium | DVD copy of original film |
| Content | Footage |
| Keywords | Western Front, Ypres, Landscape |
| Collection ID | IWM 206 |
| 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 | IWMFILM206-low.mp4 |
| Copyright | The Imperial War Museum Film Archive |
| Publication editor | Unknown |
| Digital repository | The First World War Poetry Digital Archive |
| Producer | The British Topical Committee for War Films |
| Cameramen | Unknown |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/5512 |
