Essex Volunteers

Series

Series Name

Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.

205-1

Date Released

28 Jul 1915

Stories in this Issue:

1. *Essex Volunteers

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary

[SUBTITLE]: "The 10th Battalion Essex Volunteers at Wanstead, building pontoon bridges, - erecting machine gun emplacements which are inspected by Lieutenant-General Sir A Martin KCB." Three men putting a machine gun in place in trench. General and officers looking on. Men digging a trench. General inspects. Close shot of a pontoon bridge being built over a stream. General crosses over.

Keywords

Weapons; Military

Length of story (in feet)

62

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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