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Our Men on the Battlefield

Series

Series Name
Pictorial News (Official) / War Office Official Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.
347-1
Date Released
17 Apr 1918
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Allied Chiefs on Western Front
  2. 2Pervyse Heroines Tending the Wounded in Belgium
  3. 3American Mission in Liverpool and London
  4. 4A Royal Example
  5. 5Our Men on the Battlefield

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
[SUBTITLE]: "General and Officers and prisoners taken by cavalry." Scenes near Amiens. Overturned 18 pounder with dead bodies of horses and crew. Soldiers holding a slit trench. Cavalry officers hold an open-air briefing while German prisoners rest nearby.
Keywords
Weapons; Prisoners of war; Casualties; Animals; Military
Credits:
Camera
John Benjamin McDowell
Length of story (in feet)
55

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Email
film@iwm.org.uk
Web
http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/film
Phone
020 7416 5291
Fax
020 7416 5379
Address
Lambeth Road
London SE1 6HZ
Notes
The IWM also preserves the original nitrate film copies for the World War II period of British Paramount News, Gaumont British News and Universal News.
Series held
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Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
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).
Series held
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