WWI - 1917, France R4 of 7
Title: Light of heart, but weary of body the Civil Service Rifles & London Irish return for a well earned rest.
08:16:16 Men marching along tree-lined road past camera. Bagpipes & drums leading soldiers & trucks along road.
08:17:04 Title: A Battalion of the Essex Regiment hard at work on bridges & roads.
08:17:08 Many men digging & officers w/ map or ?? repair destroyed bridges & roads; build small railways for ammunition & supplies. Carry small sections of light railroad tracks & attaching.
08:19:07 Title: London Stock Exchange Battalion rest on way to Arras. Mass of men on ground beside road.
08:19:46 Title: An advance Cyclist Patrol arriving at a village receives a most enthusiastic reception Women, children & old men walk & run alongside them.
08:20:20 Title: The President of France visits a recaptured village. Pres. Poincaré & others walk past damaged buildings. VIPs beside & enter cars
08:20:54 Title: The 10th Hussars move up to Arras. Troops on horseback w/ pack horses.
08:21:49 Title: Arras Railway Station showing enemy barbed-wire defenses... Deserted platforms & damaged lines w/ poles & wire. Helmeted soldiers sitting smoking. MCU of destroyed tracks & wire.
08:23:17 Title: The first train arrives at Arras...after two years... Small steam engine pulling freight cars into station.
08:24:35 Title: ...Gordons celebrate the event. Marching bagpipers & drums thru street of destroyed buildings. Scenes in recaptured town of Royce: Pedestrians, flags, troops chat w/ civilians etc.
08:26:16 Title: German observation post reached by passage under the road. Soldiers into hidden trench; trucks on road men out of trap door beyond & climb ladder attached to very tall tree.
08:27:48 Title: German 5.9 in. guns captured by Essex Regiment. Wrecked artillery in trenches.
08:28:19 Title: “Tommies” make themselves comfortable... In bomb crater; building shelter in trenches. Cold weather; waving from hidden shelter. (GOOD)
08:29:21 Title: Flushed w/ victory, the Australians return... Marching past many others smiling. Very large tanks w/ camouflaged paint are cleaned, repaired & take up positions.
08:31:36 Title: ...Allied aeroplanes return home through cloudland. Aerial views thru clouds of countryside. w/ snow (?) on hillsides; large town along river.
08:32:51 End title quoted Lloyd George: “...our sword was not lightly drawn & it will never be sheathed until our terms....are fully assured.”
08:32:58 Lloyd George & ?? on balcony waving.
WW1 troops; damage; destruction; France; English; Scottish; Diplomats; World War One;
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WWI - 1917, France R4 of 7 Title: Light of heart, but weary of body the Civil Service Rifles & London Irish return for a well earned rest. 08:16:16 Men marching along tree-lined road past camera. Bagpipes & drums leading soldiers & trucks along road. 08:17:04 Title: A Battalion of the Essex Regiment hard at work on bridges & roads. 08:17:08 Many men digging & officers w/ map or ?? repair destroyed bridges & roads; build small railways for ammunition & supplies. Carry small sections of light railroad tracks & attaching. 08:19:07 Title: London Stock Exchange Battalion rest on way to Arras. Mass of men on ground beside road. 08:19:46 Title: An advance Cyclist Patrol arriving at a village receives a most enthusiastic reception Women, children & old men walk & run alongside them. 08:20:20 Title: The President of France visits a recaptured village. Pres. Poincaré & others walk past damaged buildings. VIPs beside & enter cars 08:20:54 Title: The 10th Hussars move up to Arras. Troops on horseback w/ pack horses. 08:21:49 Title: Arras Railway Station showing enemy barbed-wire defenses... Deserted platforms & damaged lines w/ poles & wire. Helmeted soldiers sitting smoking. MCU of destroyed tracks & wire. 08:23:17 Title: The first train arrives at Arras...after two years... Small steam engine pulling freight cars into station. 08:24:35 Title: ...Gordons celebrate the event. Marching bagpipers & drums thru street of destroyed buildings. Scenes in recaptured town of Royce: Pedestrians, flags, troops chat w/ civilians etc. 08:26:16 Title: German observation post reached by passage under the road. Soldiers into hidden trench; trucks on road men out of trap door beyond & climb ladder attached to very tall tree. 08:27:48 Title: German 5.9 in. guns captured by Essex Regiment. Wrecked artillery in trenches. 08:28:19 Title: “Tommies” make themselves comfortable... In bomb crater; building shelter in trenches. Cold weather; waving from hidden shelter. (GOOD) 08:29:21 Title: Flushed w/ victory, the Australians return... Marching past many others smiling. Very large tanks w/ camouflaged paint are cleaned, repaired & take up positions. 08:31:36 Title: ...Allied aeroplanes return home through cloudland. Aerial views thru clouds of countryside. w/ snow (?) on hillsides; large town along river. 08:32:51 End title quoted Lloyd George: “...our sword was not lightly drawn & it will never be sheathed until our terms....are fully assured.” 08:32:58 Lloyd George & ?? on balcony waving. WW1 troops; damage; destruction; France; English; Scottish; Diplomats; World War One;