Ypres - The Shell Shattered City of Flanders, 1916, Official Pictures of the British Army in France
Item
Title
Ypres - The Shell Shattered City of Flanders, 1916, Official Pictures of the British Army in France
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Identifier
5740.mp4
IWMFILM206-low.mp4
Creator
War Office
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Abstract
Damage to the town of Ypres, Western Front, February 1916. A panorama of the city. Views of the main square taken from the area of Hellfire Corner. The Cloth Hall, most of it still intact. Exterior and interior scenes of the cathedral, showing the west door and the fact that the organ has been destroyed. British soldiers pet two black and white puppies abandoned in the ruins. A longer version with the same title, now held as IWM 344, was released in 1918, showing scenes up to the end of the war.
Date
March 1916
Date Created
1916-03-01
Temporal Coverage
1916-03-31
Spatial Coverage
Ypres, 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
The British Topical Committee for War Films
Subject
Landscape
Western Front
Ypres