WWI - 1916, France: Battle of the Somme, The R3 of 4

WWI - 1916, France: British & Captured German POWs & Equipment Lancashires return w/ wounded carried & blind guided; prisoners marched & carrying wounded file past. 02:57:38 Royal Field Artillery pieces pulled by mules over captured terrain near Mametz; resting. British watching explosions near La Boisselle. Dantzig Alley held by a battalion of Manchesters, resting in trench w/ captured trench mortar. 03:01:02 Minden Post w/ arrival of wounded British soldiers / Tommies. 03:01:27 Pans of German battered position & destruction at Fricourt w/ underground dugouts. Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry labor battalion repairing roads (brief). 03:04:02 Completely destroyed village of Mametz & German position. 03:05:59 Captured German trench mortars carried by groups of four British soldiers; field artillery from captured battery pulled by horse teams on road near La Boiselle / La Boisselle. CU graffiti on artillery: “Captured by 7th Division”. 03:07:31 Lancashire Fusiliers assemble for roll call after battle, resting on dirt bank & in wide trench. Pan around rest site & sleeping troops. Others gathered & walking about. 03:09:15 Royal Fusiliers in field / camp site sitting about relaxing & watching camera, wave. WW1 British Army Soldiers; 1910s; Battle of the Somme 01Jul-18Nov16; NOTE: Partial or entire sold at per reel rate.