Combined reel of several First World War British Pathe Gazette newsreel stories.

1. "Australia Will Be There! King George Reviews Australian Troops on Salisbury Plain -1916". 2. "After the Great Advance Methodical Distribution of Supplies -1916" (alternative title on film "After the Great Advance - Over the Newly Built Roads the Methodica [sic] Districution [sic] of Supplies is Rapidly Organised"). 3. "Miss 'Tommy Atkins' Women Working for the Army - 1916" (alternative title on film "Miss Tommy Aikins [sic] - Women Are Now Engaged in Subsidiary Work for the Army"). 4. "15,000 Miles to Serve - 'Tunnellers' From N. Zealand Inspected by High Commissioner". 5. "British Made - Testing Army Motor Cycles - 1915" (alternative title on film "British Made - Army Motor Cycles Have to Pass a Rigid Test Before Being Sent to the Front"). 6. "From Ceylon - A Party of Volunteers Who Travelled on the Torpedoed 'Ville de Ciotat' Arrive in London to Enlist". 7. "The Final Tests of Motor Cycles Made in Coventry for the Army - 1916" (alternative title on film "The Final Test - Testing Motor Cycles at Coventry"). 8. "On Parade - A Muster of Hoylake Detachment of the Cheshire Division of the Voluntary Training Corps - 1916". 9. "The R.A.M.C. of the Western Command - In Practice - 1916" (alternative title on film "The R.A.M.C. of the Western Command Treat Their Wounded in Practise as They Would on the Battle Field"). 10. "Zeppelin Stories - Remnants of the L. 21 Brought Down at Cuffley on Show at HAC H.Q. and Zeppelin Wreck in Essex - 1916". 11. "Serbia's Exiled Army Massing in Salonika". 12. "Soldiers Training". 13. "Memorial Service - Also Motor Ambulance Inspection - Lord Denly" (alternative title on film "Memorial Service").

Notes

Story titles are taken from the Pathe Old Negative Collection listing.

The titles noted as on the film are written by hand on the film spacer between stories.

Some stories are available to view online at the British Pathe section of the ITN website www.itnsource.com reference 1. BP010116185624 2. BP010116185625 3. BP010116185626 4. BP010114185627 5. BP010115185628 6. BP010116185629 7. BP010116185630 8. BP010116185631 9. BP010116185632 10. BP010116185633 11. BP010114185634 12. BP010114185635 13. BP010114185636

Story 1 features a shot of the mascot of the Australian troops, a kangaroo.

"Tommy Atkins" was a generic term used for British soldiers. Story 3 features women driving army supply trucks.

The "rigid tests" shown in stories 5 and 7 include riding a motorcycle through a flooded ditch, loading at least 5 men onto a bicycle, driving up hills at fast speeds with several passengers, and holding the back of the motorcycle as the rider attempts to move forward. Story 7 also features the entry gate of Triumph Works, a motorcycle company founded in 1897.

RAMC stands for Royal Army Medical Corps.

HAC stands for Honourable Artillery Company.

Story 13 shows the unveiling of the memorial for Reginald Alexander John Warneford, VC in Brompton Cemetery. (See NPU 8 story 6, online reference BP010116166030).

German airship SL11 was shot down in flames at Cuffley, Hertfordshire by Lieutenant William Leefe Robinson on 2-3 September 1916. The SL11 was the first airship to be brought down on British soil, Robinson won the VC for the action. After its destruction, the SL11 was initially wrongly identified as the Zeppelin L21 by some British authorities and this error was perpetuated by the rapidly produced 'souvenirs' and in some newsreels.

Unless noted on the story title, the production date is tentative.