RIFLE HILL SIGNAL STATION NEAR FRERE CAMP
This film is held by the BFI (ID: 357980).
Synopsis
ACTUALITY. Single shot. Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.
MCU British soldiers lined up along trenches aiming their rifles. An officer walks along behind them. On the l.h.s. a man sends flag signals (46ft/35mm).
Note: Originally filmed in 68mm. The message being sent (according to Dickson) reads, `Have your picket under arms and send out patrol. Kitchener December 7th'.
Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), p 192, cover and title page. W.K-L. Dickson, The Biograph in Battle (1901), pp 62-3.
Titles
- BOER WAR (Acquisition)
- RIFLE HILL SIGNAL STATION NEAR FRERE CAMP
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1899
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 68mm film
- Colour:
- Black/White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 46 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- Great Britain
- Photography
- DICKSON, William Kennedy-Laurie
- Production Company
- British Mutoscope and Biograph Company
