[BRITISH TROOPS IN SALONIKA - 3] [Allocated]
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Other title(s): [BRITISH TROOPS IN SALONIKA - 3] [Allocated]
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Year: 1917
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Runtime: 35 mins
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Description: (Reel 1) Wounded soldiers with mule transport, snow-covered mountains filmed from an aircraft (Mount Olympus ?). A 13-pounder anti-aircraft gun showing the rangefinder in use. A British Army camp, with a bakery and soldiers washing and eating. Three soldiers in a trench fusing Mills grenades. A Royal Engineers wagon laying a line. A view from the rear gunner's position of a two-seater aircraft taking off, flying over Salonika harbour, the nearby mountains, and a military camp. (Reel 2) Brigadier-General F S Montague-Bates (66th Brigade, 22nd Division) in a posed position. A return shot of the three soldiers fusing Mills grenades. They change to fitting magazines on Lewis machine guns and using a trench periscope. General Guillaumat inspects a British battalion. General scenes of the British Army camp. A Red Cross wagon on the move. A heavily camouflaged gun (possibly a 60-pounder) and a 6-inch howitzer. More soldiers in trenches. Major-General J Duncan, commanding 22nd Division, and Lieutenant-General H F M Wilson posed together. British soldiers at bayonet practice. (Reel 3) A Highland battalion, probably Black Watch, with its pipe band, and a single piper playing. A French general decorates British troops, who march past.
British troops, mainly 22nd Division, on the Salonika Front, 1917-1918 (?).
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Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Montague-Bates, F S / Guillaumat, Louis / Duncan, John / Wilson, Henry Fuller Maitland / British Army, Royal Engineers / British Army, Div 22 / British Army, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) / casualties, British wounded - battlefield / weapons, British - gun [AA]: 13-pounder / society, British military - sustenance / society, British military - hygiene / communications, British military - wire: line-laying / transport, British military - animal special: line-laying wagon / weapons, British - grenade: Mills bomb / weapons, British - smallarm: Lewis machine gun / equipment, British - personal: trench periscope / operations, British military - routine / weapons, British - gun: 60-pounder (?) / weapons, British - gun: 6-inch 26cwt howitzer / training, British military - combat: bayonet / recreation, British military - casual / equipment, British - personal: bagpipes / 01/3(497) / Greece & Salonika, Macedonia / Greece & Mount Olympus (?) / camera / World War, 1914-1918 -- Motion pictures and the war / mountains / snow
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Provider: Imperial War Museums
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Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Colour: Black & White
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Sound: Without sound
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