the KING'S (LIVERPOOL) REGIMENT (sic) [Main]


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  • Muu nimi/muut nimet: [the BRITISH REGIMENTS] [Allocated Series]
  • Vuosi: 1918
  • Kesto: 7 mins
  • Kuvaus: The battalion parades outside a virtually undamaged château. The men wear shrapnel helmets but look quite smart if very tired. They are briefly inspected by their commanding officer (face not seen). They set out on a route march in full kit with transport limbers and wagons, the officers riding horses. The officers posed outside the château, the commanding officer may be Major H C Potter. The battalion boot repairers at work. The armourer's shop, showing maintenance work being done on a Lewis machine gun. Two field cookers in a yard comprise the "cookhouse". Several of the men emerge from the hayloft and come down an outer stairway. A "merry group of Liverpool lads" with the regimental goat. A final close-up of a soldier wearing his cap to display the regimental badge.
    Probably 1st Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment), in the rear areas of the Western Front, autumn 1917.
  • Avainsanat: EFG1914 / World War I / Potter, H C / British Army, King's Liverpool Regiment, 1st Battalion / operations, British military - routine / operations, British military - maintenance / weapons, British - smallarm: Lewis machine gun / buildings, French - historic: château / transport, British military - animal special: field kitchen / animals, mammals: goat (mascot) / 01/3(4-15).7 / France / World War, 1914-1918 -- France
  • Sisältölähde: Imperial War Museums
  • Oikeudet: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Tuotantoyhtiö: Topical Film Company
  • Väri: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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