Smoke on low horizon, explosions.
07:10:43 Soldiers & officers along road beside destroyed buildings watch soldiers walking past in rain from front (?). British troops ca 1914 - 1915 past towards front, MCU. Fife & drum corps leading marching troops w/ rifles. Soldiers along roadside wave goodbye to them & walk off.
07:12:48 Wagons from front past troops heading to front.
07:12:54 Pan destroyed stores & large buildings.
07:13:02 Slug.
07:13:09 Troops w/ rifles march past.
07:13:17 Title flipped: Motor Buses. From the palpitating streets of London to the shell torn ...of Flanders.
07:13:36 Convoy of double-decker buses loaded w/ soldiers on top steaming past.
07:14:06 Title: Shell-swept & water-logged - the road to the battle line could only now be covered...
07:14:16 Soldiers climb down from buses w/ packs & rifles; march off.
07:15:00 Title: Here in the muddy fields of Ypres commenced that ? of siege - Trench warfare.
07:15:12 Eroded muddy trench with sandbags & corrugated metal. Teams pulling artillery riding past on muddy road.
07:16:25 Title: Where to show a head meant death. An Artillery Officer directs the fire of the battery.
07:16:36 Officer w/ periscope above sandbags while soldier takes notes, another on telephone; artillery unit firing from hedgerow.
07:17:25 Title: They fought w/ an ?? courage while they faced the first fierce....of winter”
WWI; WW1;
NOTE: At least part of reel is flipped.
NOTE: probably 1914 or 1915 due to lack of British helmets.
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Smoke on low horizon, explosions. 07:10:43 Soldiers & officers along road beside destroyed buildings watch soldiers walking past in rain from front (?). British troops ca 1914 - 1915 past towards front, MCU. Fife & drum corps leading marching troops w/ rifles. Soldiers along roadside wave goodbye to them & walk off. 07:12:48 Wagons from front past troops heading to front. 07:12:54 Pan destroyed stores & large buildings. 07:13:02 Slug. 07:13:09 Troops w/ rifles march past. 07:13:17 Title flipped: Motor Buses. From the palpitating streets of London to the shell torn ...of Flanders. 07:13:36 Convoy of double-decker buses loaded w/ soldiers on top steaming past. 07:14:06 Title: Shell-swept & water-logged - the road to the battle line could only now be covered... 07:14:16 Soldiers climb down from buses w/ packs & rifles; march off. 07:15:00 Title: Here in the muddy fields of Ypres commenced that ? of siege - Trench warfare. 07:15:12 Eroded muddy trench with sandbags & corrugated metal. Teams pulling artillery riding past on muddy road. 07:16:25 Title: Where to show a head meant death. An Artillery Officer directs the fire of the battery. 07:16:36 Officer w/ periscope above sandbags while soldier takes notes, another on telephone; artillery unit firing from hedgerow. 07:17:25 Title: They fought w/ an ?? courage while they faced the first fierce....of winter” WWI; WW1; NOTE: At least part of reel is flipped. NOTE: probably 1914 or 1915 due to lack of British helmets.