Western Front Christmas, 1915
| Title |
Western Front Christmas, 1915
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|---|---|
| Author |
The War Office
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| Notes |
Christmas scenes on the Western Front, probably 1915. The Prince of Wales leaves a house to enter a car. A steam pump in operation by a canal lock, probably the Yser Canal. Troops, possibly new arrivals, entering billets. A field kitchen. Soldiers digging. A "Christmas ride to Berlin" showing British soldiers riding horses while wearing gasmasks. A horse obstacle-race. A ""ride of the Amazons"" of soldiers wearing skirts riding through shallow water. A ship coming into harbour. An RHA troop waiting to move off. British soldiers using a hand pump to clear a waterlogged trench. The date of Christmas 1915 is uncertain, but the format is that of early British official film, and Christmas 1916 seems too late. Also, there is the Prince of Wales, recorded by Malins as filmed at Christmas 1915.
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| Item date |
1915
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| Creation place |
France or Belgium
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Alisa Miller
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| Filename |
IWMFILM106-low.mp4
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| Copyright |
The Imperial War Museum Film Archive
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| Digital repository | |
| Collection ID |
IWM 106
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| Repository name |
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
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| Repository address line1 |
Imperial War Museum
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| Repository address line2 |
Lambeth Road
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| Repository address line3 |
London
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| Repository address Zip code |
SE1 6HZ
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| Repository address country |
UK
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| Repository address URL | |
| Publication editor |
Unknown
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| Producer |
British Topical Committee for War Films
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| Cameramen |
Malins, Geoffrey H. ; Tong, Edward G.
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Collection
Citation
“Western Front Christmas, 1915,” by The War Office. The Imperial War Museum Film Archive via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 19, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/5505.
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