In Action with our Canadian Troops, Official Pictures of the British Army in France
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| Author | War Office |
|---|---|
| Title | In Action with our Canadian Troops, Official Pictures of the British Army in France |
| Notes | Canadian troops on the Western Front, February 1916. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry parade with the standard presented by the Princess, and march to the trenches. They enter heading towards Prowse Point the shallow, waterlogged trench which forms the junction of the British and Canadian lines. 5th (Saskatchewan) Battalion, 1st Division, repairs its own trenches and stops for a meal. The men of the battalion stand-to in their trench (which like the others is narrow, shallow and waterlogged) and send out a reconnaissance party past some shattered buildings and water-filled shellholes. One sniper is poised in the ruins of a house's front room. The view from a front line trench of shell-bursts over buildings in the German positions. A short pan over the Canadian line from an elevated position. An officer and some men crouch in a wood close to the enemy, possibly Mont Sorel. Finally, a fenced enclosure for the graves of Canadian Heroes. |
| Item Date | 20th March 1916 |
| Creation place | France or Belgium (Google Maps) |
| File type | Video |
| Item source | DVD copy of original film |
| Item medium | DVD copy of original film |
| Content | Footage |
| Keywords | Imperial Forces, Western Front, Commemoration |
| Collection ID | IWM 255 |
| 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 | IWMFILM255-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/5514 |
