BRITISH TROOPS IN SALONIKA - 1

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: IWM 95).

Synopsis

British guns and forces on the Salonika Front, probably early 1917.

An Indian mountain battery with 10-pounder mountain guns. A British 2.75-inch mountain gun (?) dug in on a hillside under scrim netting. Another 2.75-inch on a raised platform. A 13-pounder anti-aircraft gun. Gunners fusing shells. A 60-pounder being fired under scrim. A group of officers of various Allied nationalities watching a British marchpast.

Notes

Production: although possibly a private acquisition, this is most likely one of the films taken by Varges for the British government in spring 1917 before his transfer to the Mesopotamian Front.

 

Titles

  • BRITISH TROOPS IN SALONIKA - 1 (Allocated)
 

Technical Data

Year:
1917
Running Time:
10 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
558 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB, USA (?)
Sponsor
War Office Cinema Committee (?)
cameraman
Varges, Ariel L (?)
Production company
International Film Service (?)