SKIRMISH WITH THE BOERS NEAR KIMBERLEY BY A TROOP OF CAVALRY SCOUTS ATTACHED TO GENERAL FRENCH'S COLUMN
This film is held by the BFI (ID: 421005).
Synopsis
ACTUALITY. A British troop exercise during the Boer War presented as genuine military action.
[THE SCOUTS IN PURSUIT OF THE BOERS] Mounted troops riding across open country towards the camera (52). [BRINGING THE MAXIMS INTO ACTION] The troops dismount and set up their Maxim guns (95). [A CHARGE AND GENERAL FUSILLADE] The troops fire from behind some low brushwood (150ft).
Note: Filmed by Joe Rosenthal. The titles of the three sections are those given in the Warwick catalogue.
Refs: National Film Archive, Catalogue, Part 1: Silent News Films: N.66. Warwick cat. no. 5545. Sight and Sound, Autumn 1983, p 263.
Titles
- SKIRMISH WITH THE BOERS NEAR KIMBERLEY BY A TROOP OF CAVALRY SCOUTS ATTACHED TO GENERAL FRENCH'S COLUMN
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1900
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 35mm Film
- Colour:
- Black/White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Footage:
- 150 ft
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- Great Britain
- Photography
- ROSENTHAL, Joseph
- Production Company
- Warwick Trading Company
