ANNALES DE LA GUERRE 74 [Main]


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  • Andre titler: the WAR ANNALS 74 [alternative]
  • År: 1918
  • Varighed: 9 mins
  • Beskrivelse: I. Bligny village and Mont Bligny near Rheims shows shell damage. General Berthelot reviews troops of British XXII Corps under Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Godley. These include what appear to be Anzac Mounted troops (Australians of 4th Light Horse Regiment ?) as Godley's escort. Two linked Renault lorries pull a 145mm naval gun through the streets of Romigny, followed by similar guns and mule transport. French and American troops inspect the concrete bed for a German superheavy gun, no longer in place. Pan over Ville-en-Tardenois and the Ardre River in V Corps area, as lorry-drawn 75mm field guns pass over a bridge. II. At Lassigny (?), in preparation for the next offensive, limbered 155mm Schneider guns and Infantry move up (filmed through the windows of a house). Inside the village captured German 77mm and 155mm guns are displayed. The bombardment of the German positions in front of Lassigny begins: note setting up of Hotchkiss in anti-aircraft role.
    French newsreel of the later stages of the Second Battle of the Marne, Western Front, August 1918.
  • Nøgleord: EFG1914 / World War I / Berthelot, Henri-Mathias / Godley, Alexander John / British Army, Corps 22 / Australian Army, 4th Light Horse Regiment / French Army, [gunners] / French Army / United States Army & American Expeditionary Force / French Army, Corps 5 / destruction, French military - area: artillery bombardment / delegations, French international - military / operations, French military - movement: road / weapons, French - gun: 145mm naval gun / defences, German - emplacement: [captured] / weapons, French - gun: 75mm field gun / weapons, French - gun: 155mm Schneider / weapons, German - gun: 77mm field gun & [captured] / weapons, German - gun: 155mm howitzer & [captured] / combat, French - artillery bombardment [D] / 01/3(4-15).91 [1918 Marne] / Bligny, Marne, France / Mont Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France / Marne, France / Romigny, Marne, France / Ville-en-Tardenois, Marne, France / Ardre (River), France / Lassigny, Oise, France / camera / World War, 1914-1918 -- Motion pictures and the war
  • Udbyder: Imperial War Museums
  • Rettigheder: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Produktionsselskab: Section Cinématographique de l'Armée Française
  • Farve: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound
  • Language: fr

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