WESTERN FRONT CHRISTMAS - 1915 (?) [Allocated Title]

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Object description

Christmas scenes on the Western Front, probably 1915.

Full description

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" (flashframe) showing British soldiers riding horses while wearing gasmasks. A horse obstacle-race. A "ride of the Amazons" (flashframe) 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.

Physical description

35mm

Object details

Category: Film
Related period: First World War (production), First World War (content)
Creator: War Office (Production sponsor)
British Topical Committee for War Films (Production company)
Malins, Geoffrey H (Production individual)
Tong, Edward G (Production individual)
Production date: 1916
Place made: GB
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items/reels/tapes 1
Catalogue number: IWM 106