Artillery at Alost

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

162-2

Date Released

3 Oct 1914

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Artillery at Alost
2. 2Examination of Laisser-Passer
3. 3German Gun in London
4. 4German Prisoners
5. 5Modern ‘Huns’ Leave Their Mark

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "The sections of this film dealing with the National Crisis have been passed by the British Board of Film Censors. Reinforcements of Belgian Artillery advancing through Alost. Although not so large as the German guns, their fire is far more effective." Single shot of Belgian artillery pulled by teams of horses down a street.

Keywords

Animals; Military

Credits:

Camera

Frederick Walderman Engholm

Length of story (in feet)

40

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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