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VILLAGES IN FLANDERS, THE SCENES OF HARD FIGHTING, NOW HELD BY THE BRITISH [Main]
OFFICIAL PICTURES OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN FRANCE - THIRD SERIES [series]
Scenes of damaged houses and churches, with British troops clearing away the rubble. The first church is late perpendicular with its roof missing, possibly Neuve Eglise. The second church, neo-Norman, has, in December 1915, its tower blown off and graveyard damaged. It is filmed again three months later "showing how completely it has been destroyed by German guns". A British soldier attends to a "…
Contributors
- British Topical Committee for War Films
Subject
- EFG1914
- destruction, Belgian military - area: artillery bombardment & [+]
- casualties, British graves - formal
- weapons, German - shell: [unexploded]
- 01/3(4-15).4
- 01/3(4-15).5
- Nieuwkerke, West Flanders, Belgium
- Voormezele, West Flanders, Belgium
- Mont Saint Eloi, West Flanders, Belgium
- Kemmel Hill, West Flanders, Belgium
- World War I
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Contributors
- British Topical Committee for War Films
Subject
- EFG1914
- destruction, Belgian military - area: artillery bombardment & [+]
- casualties, British graves - formal
- weapons, German - shell: [unexploded]
- 01/3(4-15).4
- 01/3(4-15).5
- Nieuwkerke, West Flanders, Belgium
- Voormezele, West Flanders, Belgium
- Mont Saint Eloi, West Flanders, Belgium
- Kemmel Hill, West Flanders, Belgium
- 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
- 1916
- 1916
Places
- Nieuwkerke, West Flanders, Belgium
- Voormezele, West Flanders, Belgium
- Mont Saint Eloi, West Flanders, Belgium
- Kemmel Hill, West Flanders, Belgium
- United Kingdom
- Ypres
- England
- France
- United States of America
- Belgium
- Kemmelberg
- Heuvelland
- West Flanders
- France
Provenance
- Imperial War Museums
Identifier
- IWM_209
- IWM_209
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 1916
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2013-12-19T08:46:00.875Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-10-12T14:35:35.798Z