WITH THE INDIAN TROOPS AT THE FRONT PART II
This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: IWM 202-2).
Synopsis
Units of the former Indian Corps, mainly 7th (Meerut) Division, just after the Corps' disbandment, in rear areas before their departure from France, November and December 1915.
Lieutenant-Colonel G H Bell, with his adjutant Lieutenant Gray, taking the salute at the side of the road as his battalion, 69th Punjab Infantry, marches past, 14 November. 58th (Vaughan's) Rifles marching in column across a field. 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders with its transport marching through a village in wet weather. An Indian battalion of 7th Division on the march in road column in wet weather, followed by one of the division's Gurkha battalions. 93rd Burma Infantry resting by the roadside in the rain and wet. Nearby, 1st Seaforths also relax, and three bagpipers give an improvised performance, at which one or two of the men begin dancing. Also nearby, another of the division's Indian battalions rests by a stream.
Notes
Cameraman: this was either Malins or Tong.
Summary: this film was subject to censorship at GHQ France. The resulting censored sections are now in IWM 383.
Titles
- WITH THE INDIAN TROOPS AT THE FRONT PART II
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1916
- Running Time:
- 7 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm
- Colour:
- B&W
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 407 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- GB
- Sponsor
- War Office
- cameraman
- Malins, Geoffrey H (?)
- cameraman
- Tong, Edward G (?)
- Production company
- British Topical Committee for War Films
