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OUR EMPIRE'S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM - PART 5 [Main]
Winter on the Western Front 1915-1916. Soldiers travel on a light railway; a 6-inch howitzer and 9.2-inch howitzers firing in damp and snow; troops in snow-covered trenches, including one 'over the top' sequence; and soldiers, transport and guns in very muddy conditions behind the lines. A kite balloon is manoeuvred up by RFC personnel. A view from an aircraft at 10,000 feet over the countryside, …
Subject
- EFG1914
- British Army
- Royal Navy, Lion
- transport, British military - rail: narrow gauge train
- weapons, British - gun: 6-inch 26cwt howitzer
- weapons, British - gun: 9.2-inch howitzer
- combat, British - artillery bombardment
- aircraft, British - balloon: observation kite balloon
- aircraft, British naval - seaplane: Felixstowe flying boat
- ships, British naval - battleship: Lion
- …
- World War I
- World War, 1914-1918--France
- World War, 1914-1918--Motion pictures and the war
- British Army
- France
- World War I
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Subject
- EFG1914
- British Army
- Royal Navy, Lion
- transport, British military - rail: narrow gauge train
- weapons, British - gun: 6-inch 26cwt howitzer
- weapons, British - gun: 9.2-inch howitzer
- combat, British - artillery bombardment
- aircraft, British - balloon: observation kite balloon
- aircraft, British naval - seaplane: Felixstowe flying boat
- ships, British naval - battleship: Lion
- …
- World War I
- World War, 1914-1918--France
- World War, 1914-1918--Motion pictures and the war
- British Army
- France
- World War I
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- Imperial War Museums
Creation date
- 1918
- 1918
Places
- France
- GB, Scotland & Rosyth, Fife
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom
- Rosyth
- Battle of Jutland
- Felixstowe
- France
- France
- United Kingdom
- Rosyth
- Felixstowe
Provenance
- Imperial War Museums
Identifier
- IWM_440-5
- IWM_440-5
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 1918
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2013-12-19T08:46:49.004Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T12:49:15.528Z