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The Indian Army in France
Series title:Canadian War RecordsHierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1914/1918 ?Item number (ISN):387647Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:KING, BruceAccession:2008-0021Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1914/1918 ?Production company:PathéCountry of production:cnDistributor name:Ontario Motion Picture BureauDescription:Footage of: seven turbanned Indian soldiers; representatives of seven different regiments from the sub-continent - a Pathan Afridi, a Jat, a Dogra, a Sikh, a Jat Pioneer, a Punjabi Moslem, and a Gurkha; a close-up of the Gurkha knife; a dozen Indian soldiers in a simple bayonet and knife drill; grooming the cavalry horses; filling buckets from a line of wooden barrels of drinking water; a horse drinking from simple canvas trough; the arrival and examination of goats; soldiers sitting and standing near a tent; a doctor taking a soldier's pulse; a turbanned cook squatting as he makes chappatis, intently watched by a soldier; a rough brick-built refuse incinerator; a barber trimming hair, beard and nails of a soldier, both squatting in the open; a line of Gurkhas crawling to attack with knives in teeth; and a convoy of men with horse-drawn supply carts. <8mn 38s>Language:Silent with English intertitlesNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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