the BEDFORD REGIMENT (sic) [Main]

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Other title(s): [the BRITISH REGIMENTS] [Allocated Series]
Year: 1918
Runtime: 6 mins
Description: An open air church parade with the battalion drawn up in hollow square. The battalion marches back to its billets led by its band. A posed group of men "who have been with the battalion since 1914". A further posed group of officers and men of the battalion who have received decorations. (Both groups indistinctly filmed.) Men draw sacks of rations from a dump. Mail is distributed to the men.
A battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment resting in the rear areas of the Western Front, autumn 1917.
Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / British Army, Bedfordshire Regiment / operations, British military - routine / religion, Christianity - military, British / communications, British military - postal / 01/3(4-15).7 / France / World War, 1914-1918 -- France
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Provider: Imperial War Museums
Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
Production company: Topical Film Company
Colour: Black & White
Sound: Without sound
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