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WWI - 1916, France: La Revanche des Francais Devant Verdun, ca Oct-Dec16 R4 of 4

Reel Number: 220743-02

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1916

Country: France

Location: Chauffour Woods,Dame Ravine,Verdun

TC Begins: 02:07:38

TC Ends: 02:18:26

Duration: 00:10:48

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWI - 1916, France: Fighting; Verdun Ruins; German POWs; Battles; Medals ca Oct-Dec16 Large guns under tarpaulins fired l. to r. from rocky hillside as men cover ears. Brief shot of railroad gun mounted on train firing at village. High Angle / HA French infantry on narrow street thru ruined houses / buildings on both side of Verdun town. 02:08:23 Intertitle. HA troops up hillside past waterfilled bomb craters in no man's land. Men resting in mud of bomb craters in heavy rain; medics w/ stretchers past; soldiers past. Man stuck in mud. 02:08:48 Intertitle. Pan of men resting w/ smoke & explosions beyond. Men crouched in trenches. Out of trenches & advancing w/ packs & rifles in rain. Pans of barren countryside w/ smoke from explosions or ?? drifting across. View of trench line running up opposite hill. Good explosions. 02:11:22 Intertitle. Group of German prisoners of war following wounded carried on stretcher across craters & small stones, pass French moving up in trench. 02:11:48 Intertitle. HA of German troops across valley gathering, climbing up towards camera as French troops in trench move away from camera. 02:12:41 Intertitle re “Ordre Du Jour”. Chauffour Woods? & Dame Ravine. Pan devastated hillside of stumps, rocks & fallen timber w/ troops moving across. Troops in trench; destroyed German equipment & smoking ?? on steep hillside. French hurry past remains of tanks. 02:14:10 Intertitle. Wreckage of dug in German command post. Captured German troops march along road in rain past camera. 02:14:42 Intertitle. Pan POW / prisoners of war camp; food distributed - bread & tin cans handed out in front of camera. 02:16:09 Intertitle. Officers pose & board trucks to rear. 02:16:36 MCU French General Charles Mangin; MLS Gen. Robert Nivelle & General Petain review French troops after Verdun victory & give awards. Pan line of officers w/ raised swords. MS Petain pinning medals, gives kisses, taps sword on shoulders. 02:17:48 Intertitle. Troops march past w/ units & carrying flags, Nivelle & Petain saluting. The End. Victory; Battle of Verdun; Medals; Devastation; Horrors of War; WW1; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk

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