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GERMAN OFFENSIVE 8 [Main]
I. Open country, very flat with a few low woods and shells on the horizon moving closer. In the foreground a Red Cross ambulance moves down a road - probably Villers Bretonneux. Small parties of British troops move into the village itself, which has suffered some shell damage. They examine a child's stuffed toy. Two soldiers build a roadblock of wood and wire cheveux-de-frise. Other soldiers of 58…
Contributors
- Topical Film Company
Subject
- EFG1914
- British Army, Div 58
- British Army, Lancaster Regiment, King's Own Royal, 4th Battalion (?)
- British Army, Div 55
- British Army, Lancaster Regiment, King's Own Royal, 5th Battalion (?)
- defences, British - emplacement: dugout
- defences, British - passive: cheveux-de-frise
- combat, German - artillery bombardment [i]
- transport, British military - ambulance
- refugees, French - flight
- …
- Children and war
- World War I
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Contributors
- Topical Film Company
Subject
- EFG1914
- British Army, Div 58
- British Army, Lancaster Regiment, King's Own Royal, 4th Battalion (?)
- British Army, Div 55
- British Army, Lancaster Regiment, King's Own Royal, 5th Battalion (?)
- defences, British - emplacement: dugout
- defences, British - passive: cheveux-de-frise
- combat, German - artillery bombardment [i]
- transport, British military - ambulance
- refugees, French - flight
- …
- Children and war
- World War I
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- Imperial War Museums
Creation date
- 1918
- 1918
Places
- Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France
- La Bassée Canal Bridge, Béthune, Pas-de Calais, France
- La Bassée Canal, Nord, France
- Amiens, Somme, France
- United Kingdom
- Battle of Amiens
- London
- United Kingdom
- Nazi Germany
- Calais
- Nord-Pas-de-Calais
- Villers-Bretonneux
- France
- Amiens
Provenance
- Imperial War Museums
Identifier
- IWM_185
- IWM_185
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 1918
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2013-12-19T08:45:58.506Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-10-12T14:35:35.798Z