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NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY IN ACTION, NEW YEAR'S DAY 1918 [Main]

VISIT TO THE NEW ZEALAND INFANTRY BASE DEPOT AT ETAPLES (extracts) [alternative]

The first scene is double-exposed and shows cookhouse fatigues and a squad of soldiers marching at the New Zealand Depot at Etaples. A 4.5-inch howitzer of a forward New Zealand battery on the Menin Road near Westhoek in the Ypres Salient is shown to cease firing, and then the gun crew covers it with white camouflage tarpaulin and a scrim net. The gunners open tinned Christmas cakes and puddings, …

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Ämne

  • EFG1914
  • New Zealand Military Forces, New Zealand Division
  • weapons, British - gun: 4.5-inch howitzer & [New Zealand]
  • celebrations, New Zealand - popular: Christmas & [+]
  • society, New Zealand military - sustenance
  • operations, New Zealand military - routine
  • ceremonies, New Zealand - customary: flag raising
  • 01/3(4-15)
  • France
  • Belgium
  • …
  • World War, 1914-1918--France
  • World War, 1914-1918--Belgium
  • Frankrike
  • Belgien
  • Första världskriget

Typ av objekt

  • motion pictures (visual works)
  • Film