LANCERS CROSSING THE MODDER RIVER

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 420910).

Synopsis

ACTUALITY. A column of Lancers fording the Modder River, which has steep banks on either side, during the Boer War.

Note: Filmed by John Benett-Stanford, 8 December 1899.

Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), pp. 52, 57 [illus.], 187, 292. National Film Archive, Catalogue, Part 1: Silent News Films: N.54. Warwick cat. no. 5523.

 

Titles

  • LANCERS CROSSING THE MODDER RIVER
 

Technical Data

Year:
1899
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm Film
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
44 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Photography
BENETT-STANFORD, John
Production Company
Warwick Trading Company
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