Learning on ScreenThe Battle South of Arras
Series
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- [1ST SUBTITLE]: "British infantry under shot and shell." Long shot of explosions on the ground, soldiers seen nearby walking singly and spaced out along a line. Barbed wire and fencing seen in the foreground. Two soldiers in distance running along a bank then walking towards the camera, smoke spreading across the ground in the middle distance followed by a ground explosion. [2ND SUBTITLE]: "Cavalry’s intrepid advance under fire". A double line of mounted cavalry, filmed in the middle distance from an elevated position, crosses open countryside from right to left, then turns away from camera along path. After a jump cut, the camera jerks slightly to the left and a ground explosion occurs just to the left to the troops, the smoke clears and the line of cavalry is seen further along the path, with two horses lying on the ground. One horse attempts to get up. A soldier is seen running past the camera down the hill towards the troops and horses.
- Keywords
- Animals; Military
- Credits:
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- Camera
- John Benjamin McDowell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 111
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Film Archive
- Name
- Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
- 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
- View all series held by Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
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- 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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