Western Front Christmas, 1915
Item
Title
Western Front Christmas, 1915
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Identifier
5733.mp4
IWMFILM106-low.mp4
Creator
The War Office
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Abstract
Christmas scenes on the Western Front, probably 1915. The Prince of Wales leaves a house to enter a car. A steam pump in operation by a canal lock, probably the Yser Canal. Troops, possibly new arrivals, entering billets. A field kitchen. Soldiers digging. A "Christmas ride to Berlin" showing British soldiers riding horses while wearing gasmasks. A horse obstacle-race. A ""ride of the Amazons"" of soldiers wearing skirts riding through shallow water. A ship coming into harbour. An RHA troop waiting to move off. British soldiers using a hand pump to clear a waterlogged trench. The date of Christmas 1915 is uncertain, but the format is that of early British official film, and Christmas 1916 seems too late. Also, there is the Prince of Wales, recorded by Malins as filmed at Christmas 1915.
Date
1915
Date Created
1915-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1915-12-31
Spatial Coverage
France or Belgium
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Source
DVD copy of original film
Medium
DVD copy of original film
Type
Footage
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Publisher
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive
producer
British Topical Committee for War Films
Subject
Commemoration
Fighting Men
Trench
Western Front