WWI - 1918, Hindenburg Line: How the British Army Broke the Famous Hindenburg Line R2 of 2

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk WWI - 1918, Hindenburg Line. Sep-Oct18 Intertitle: “Mine craters in the roads.” Bombed area, two British soldiers walk out of deep crater in bombed landscape, pack mule w/ two barrels led over rubble by troops. 19:00:40 Concrete observation tower camouflaged to represent a house. 19:00:59 “Lens - The Germans have left barbed wire obstacles on all the ruined streets.” Pan ruins & barbed wire barricades. 19:01:58 “German shells bursting on the outskirts of Lens”. Explosion fairly close up. 19:02:14 “Cambrai - Parts of the town burning; maliciously set on fire by Germans.” (scorched earth). Shaky shots of town in distance in flames. 19:02:51 “British Offensive - Cambrai & Beyond.” Fires & smoke in Cambrai, silhouette of British soldiers. Flames in burning buildings, Cambrai is occupied & Canadian troops extinguish fires set by the retreating Germans. 19:04:17 “A Canadian General whose troops entered...standing before a burning building”. Looking at maps; pan burned store & house fronts. Flames inside houses. 19:05:11 “One of the prisoners captured in the town.” Silhouette of British soldiers w/ prisoner of war walking towards & past camera. British soldiers fighting fires on ladders w/ fire hoses. Rubble. 19:06:27 “Some of the formidable defences penetrated by our troops...” Partly completed German reinforced concrete shelter - ironwork in place. Fortifications & barbed wire along the Hindenburg line. 19:07:40 “Concrete shelters buried in the trench sides.” British soldiers working. Good shots multiple barbed wire defences, pan enormous amount. Allied train running along Hindenburg line passing behind barbed wire defences. 19:09:17 “View of the St Quentin Canal, where it enters a precipitous cliff...” Pan soldiers in entrance & tilt up hillside above to soldiers and horses. 19:09:54 “Scenes in Ostend after Allied troops had entered.” Police leading car overloaded w/ civilians & flags along street w/ marchers celebrating - civilians wave flags. 19:10:16 Celebrations in Lille, cheering crowds as British troops fill street marching thru town. High Angle of waving townspeople. 19:11:12 The End. WW1; Destruction; Retreat; Scorched Earth; Prisoners of War; POW; Advancing; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk