GAUMONT GRAPHIC 421 (fragment 1)

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: IWM 1061-04d).

Synopsis

I. Newsreel item on the first wounded from the British landing at Basra arriving back in India, early 1915.

A pan over the Lady Hardinge War Hospital at Bombay. A stretcher carrying one of the wounded is taken from an ambulance into the hospital.

II. Newsreel item on the aftermath of a Zeppelin raid on Paris on the night of 9th-10th March 1915.

Some of the buildings show bomb damage, and people clear up outside them. A hand holds up a small incendiary bomb.

Notes

Summary: an additional item from this issue is held as IWM 1061-04g, later on this reel

Technical: this fragment is currently held on the same reel as IWM 1061-04a-h, the can is marked as IWM 1061-04

 

Titles

  • GAUMONT GRAPHIC 421 (fragment 1)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1915
Running Time:
1 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
64 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Production company
Gaumont