British fictional propaganda film on a Boer defeat in the Second Boer War, 27th February 1900.

The film depends for its effect on stop-action camera tricks. It opens with 'President Kruger' of the Transvaal Republic ...

ACTUALITY. Single shot. Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.

A long double line of naval ratings hauling a 4.7" gun across open country (from right to left). A second group hauling a second gun follows behind ( ...

ACTUALITY. Boer War. Ceremonies on the occasion of the raising of the Union Jack at Pretoria, 5 June 1900.

Long shot from high angle of British infantry and cavalry lined up to the left of the picture in Church Square, Pretoria, with ...

Very brief scene of Lord Roberts and his staff boarding SS Dunnottar Castle at Southampton docks for the trip to South Africa, 23rd December 1899.

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Title: this has been taken from the Warwick catalogue for 1900

Production: this ...

Light ammunition carts crossing a drift near Paardeberg, South Africa, February 1900.

The light carts cross the drift one after the other in a long continuous line.

Notes

Title: this has been taken from ...

A 4.7-inch naval gun being drawn across the drift by ox-teams. As the gun descends the steep embankment, it is held back by ropes in the hands of a number of troops.

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Filmed by Joseph Rosenthal, it is thought that this might also be ...

A pantomime on the Boer War in the form of a boxing match between men dressed as John Bull and President Kruger. The seconds for Kruger are France and Russia; for John Bull, Uncle Sam.

RECONSTRUCTION. Boer War(?)

A battlefield, with cannons and wounded soldiers, is filmed from behind the British line(?) A horse-drawn ambulance arrives (L-R). Under the direction of officers, some of the wounded are stretchered into the ...

ACTUALITY. Military parade.

A naval detachment, including Marines, headed by a military band and watched by cheering crowds, passes down the Mall prior to a review by the Prince of Wales at Horse Guards Parade. Included in the ...

Ostriches being fed by an African keeper, watched by a group of Europeans which includes three women (97ft).

DRAMA. A "faked" newsfilm representing an incident in the Boer War.

A nurse is seen receiving wounded British soldiers at a Red Cross tent. A Boer emerges from behind the tent and beats a hasty retreat after throwing a bomb in fromt ...

ACTUALITY. Crowds around the entrance to the London Hippodrome awaiting the departure of Sir George White, the hero of Ladysmith from the theatre. He emerges in company with Mr Cook, the manager of the theatre, and is immediately ...