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 (?)