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IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM

1997-0507

Film

Scenes in Cambrai 1

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1918

Topical Film Company

photography, W.A. Buckstone

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Cambrai after its capture by Canadian 3rd Division, Western Front, 8 October 1918.~Canadian transport wagons move through the streets, crowded with civilians. More civilians cross a fragile-looking plank bridge over the river, which has replaced a damaged iron bridge. Marching columns and 6-inch 26cwt howitzers cross another bridge. Two of the howitzers, which are lorry-drawn, are draped with the French flag and one with the US flag. Areas of Cambrai are still on fire. A hay store burns fiercely as troops attempt to salvage some items. In the main square one building is already gutted by fire, which spreads to the others. Brigadier-General D.C. Draper of 8th Brigade, Canadian 3rd Division, consults a map with members of his staff on the middle of the square. More buildings are in flames. A German prisoner is escorted through a street filled with smoke. <8mn>

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