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Episode 4, Preparations for the Great Offensive

Item number (ISN):

266084

Series title:

Sons of Our Empire

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1917

Item number (ISN):

266084

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

LOMBARD

Accession:

1969-0030

Media:

Film

Part:

2 of 2

Production date:

1917

Production company:

Topical Film Company

Production credit:

producer, William F. Jury; photography, H.C. Raymond; J.B. McDowell

Sponsor:

War Office Cinema Committee

Description:

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Preparations in the Somme offensive leading to the Canadian capture of Courcelette, Western Front, autumn 1916.~Preparations for the battle. 8-inch and 6-inch howitzers fire a bombardment. Mk 1 tanks, Males and Females, move forward. 13-pounder anti-aircraft guns provide air defence. A motor machine gun section moves in its cycle combinations out of camp. British Cavalry trot forward. Men of the Leicestershire Regiment and Northumberland Fusiliers move through the rear of the battle zone. The bombardment by 8-inch howitzers and 18-pounders continues. Mules bring water to the gun positions. Men of the Norfolk Regiment at rest. Indian lancers of 4th or 5th Cavalry Division also resting. 13-pounders RHA trotting along a road. A Mk 1 Male tank on the move. 1/14th Battalion, the London Regiment (London Scottish), 56th Division, on the march. Grenades are handed out in the front trenches. Men of the Guards Division attend an open-air church parade.~The moment of the attack. The heavy bombardment by various guns and howitzers continues. A Mk 1 Male tank in position. The Candian troops go over the top. Vickers machine guns give covering fire. Distant views across no man's land. A Mk 1 Male tank is damaged. 56th Division rear areas, with wiring parties going forward. The 18-pounders continue to fire and ammunition is brought to them. <21mn>

Language:

Silent with English intertitles

Notes:

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1. Subject description from "Imperial War Museum Film Catalogue, Volume 1 : The First World War Archive" under catalogue number 130-07 and 08.~2. Account of later stages of the Somme offensive, without chronological order, and according to the Imperial War Museum catalogue description, the unit identifications given in this episode are partly suspect.~3. Copyright owner: Imperial War Museum as per fax dated 18 April 1998.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

17534

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-1190
N-1191
N-1192
N-1194
N-1195
N-1196
N-1197
N-1268
N-1269

Number of items:

9

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Max. shrinkage:

1.6%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

17538

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-0013

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-1192

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

17539

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-0014

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7301-0013

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

17541

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8102-0320
8102-0321
8102-0322
8102-0323
8102-0324
8102-0325

Number of items:

6

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

7301-0001
7301-0002
7301-0003
7301-0004
7301-0005
7301-0006

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

17542

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8301-0005

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

44479

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-4480

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7301-4482

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

44487

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-4481

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

7301-4482

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

44490

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-4482

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-1190
N-1191
N-1192
N-1194
N-1195
N-1196
N-1268
N-1269

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

176924

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9107-0043
9107-0044
9107-0045
9107-0046
9107-0047
9107-0048
9107-0049
9107-0050

Number of items:

8

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-1190
N-1191
N-1192
N-1193
N-1194
N-1195
N-1196
N-1197
N-1268
N-1269

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

176925

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9107-0051
9107-0052
9107-0053
9107-0054
9107-0055
9107-0056
9107-0057
9107-0058

Number of items:

8

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

9107-0043
9107-0044
9107-0045
9107-0046
9107-0047
9107-0048
9107-0049
9107-0050

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

176926

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9107-0059
9107-0060
9107-0061
9107-0062
9107-0063
9107-0064
9107-0065
9107-0066

Number of items:

8

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

9107-0043
9107-0044
9107-0045
9107-0046
9107-0047
9107-0048
9107-0049
9107-0050

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

301962

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-0006

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

N-1191
N-1192
N-1194
N-1195
N-1196
N-1268
N-1269

Status:

PRT.ELEM

Vault ISN:

301968

Format:

FILM

Location number:

7301-0012

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

ANS PRT

Made from:

7301-0006

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

322392

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 9902-0024

Number of items:

1

Duration:

115:00

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

991273

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 9202-0050

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Made from:

8405-0465
8002-0375
8706-0074
8505-0186
7301-0248
8009-0535
9107-0043
9107-0044
9107-0045
9107-0046
9107-0047
9107-0048
9107-0049
9107-0050
8009-0344
7301-0023

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8301-0005
V1 9902-0024

Restrictions on consultation:

~No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: Imperial War Museum.

Reproduction access:

To be Determined / À déterminer

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