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ACTUALITY. Boer War. Native drivers and British soldiers stand by the bank of the river urging on the long teams ...
ACTUALITY. Lord Roberts arrives at Cape Town to head the British army during the Boer War.
A small contingent of soldiers ...
ACTUALITY. Men in pith helmets on horseback ford a river and climb the bank. MCU men driving carts pulled by ...
ACTUALITY. Ambulances and British troops crossing the Tugela River over the pontoon bridge near Trichardt's Drift, during the British retreat ...
"ACTUALITY". A contingent from a British Army unit marching down a street, followed by a small group of boys who ...
RECONSTRUCTION. Cavalrymen dressed as Boers escort a number of men wearing kilts towards and past the camera. One or two ...
DOCUMENTARY. "Fake newsfilm" of a Boer war skirmish.
A number of Boer volunteers direct rifle fire and cannon fire at the ...
RECONSTRUCTION. A number of cavalrymen dressed as Boers ride towards and past the camera brandishing their swords. A solitary rider ...
ACTUALITY. Boer War. Three British cavalrymen ride from right to left across a flat landscape, with a group of cavalry ...
ACTUALITY. City Imperial Volunteers, carrying rifles and equipment, clamber up the gangway of a troopship at the foot of which ...
RECONSTRUCTION. Faked Boer War incident.
View from behind the "Boer" position as they fire with rifles and a small cannon against ...
ACTUALITY. Boer War. Scots' Guards march through the market place in Bloemfontain.
Foot soldiers carrying pick-axes or rifles march (R-L) past ...
Footage of Kruger leaving the Hotel De Ville in Paris, late in 1900.
ACTUALITY. Boer War. Covered wagons drawn by mules, each flying the Red Cross flag, fording the Vaal river (13ft).
Note: Filmed ...
ACTUALITY. Boer WAr. A procession of ox-drawn wagons passing down a trail over a hill towards the camera; the oxen ...
ACTUALITY. Boer war. Single shot of a column of Gordon Highlanders marching out of their camp at Ladysmith to meet ...
"H.M.S. Powerful arriving in Portsmouth Harbour, bringing home the heroes of Ladysmith". Shot of the four-funnelled cruiser steaming in to ...
ACTUALITY. Military parade.
A naval detachment, including Marines, from H.M.S. `Powerful', marching through London prior to a review by the Prince ...
British fictional propaganda film on a Boer defeat in the Second Boer War, 27th February 1900.
The film depends ...
ACTUALITY. Single shot. Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.
A long double line of naval ratings hauling ...
ACTUALITY. Boer War. Ceremonies on the occasion of the raising of the Union Jack at Pretoria, 5 June 1900.
Long shot ...
A 4.7-inch naval gun being drawn across the drift by ox-teams. As the gun descends the steep embankment, it is ...
A pantomime on the Boer War in the form of a boxing match between men dressed as John Bull and ...
RECONSTRUCTION. Boer War(?)
A battlefield, with cannons and wounded soldiers, is filmed from behind the British line(?) A horse-drawn ambulance arrives ...