FIFTH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS DIGGING ENTRENCHMENTS AT ORAN GE RIVER, SOUTH AFRICA - THE PASSING OF THE ARMOURED TRAIN

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 420909).

Synopsis

ACTUALITY. Boer War. Two scenes.

Long shot of soliders digging under the supervision of officers (26). An armoured train, going in support of Colonel Gough's column at the Battle of Belmont and Kaffir Kop, passes before the camera (35ft).

Note: Filmed by John Benett-Stanford 12 November 1899.

Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), pp 52, 56 [illus.], 290. National Film Archive, Catalogue, Part 1: Silent News Films: N.51. Warwick cat. no. 5507.

 

Titles

  • FIFTH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS DIGGING ENTRENCHMENTS AT ORAN GE RIVER, SOUTH AFRICA - THE PASSING OF THE ARMOURED TRAIN
 

Technical Data

Year:
1899
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
35 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Photography
BENETT-STANFORD, John
Production Company
Warwick Trading Company
 

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