In Action with our Canadian Troops, Official Pictures of the British Army in France
Item
Title
In Action with our Canadian Troops, Official Pictures of the British Army in France
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Identifier
5742.mp4
IWMFILM255-low.mp4
Creator
War Office
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Abstract
Canadian troops on the Western Front, February 1916. Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry parade with the standard presented by the Princess, and march to the trenches. They enter heading towards "Prowse Point" the shallow, waterlogged trench which forms the junction of the British and Canadian lines. 5th (Saskatchewan) Battalion, 1st Division, repairs its own trenches and stops for a meal. The men of the battalion stand-to in their trench (which like the others is narrow, shallow and waterlogged) and send out a reconnaissance party past some shattered buildings and water-filled shellholes. One sniper is poised in the ruins of a house's front room. The view from a front line trench of shell-bursts over buildings in the German positions. A short pan over the Canadian line from an elevated position. An officer and some men crouch in a wood close to the enemy, possibly Mont Sorel. Finally, a fenced enclosure for the graves of "Canadian Heroes."
Date
20th March 1916
Date Created
1916-03-20
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
The British Topical Committee for War Films
Subject
Commemoration
Imperial Forces
Western Front