Preparations in the Somme offensive leading to the Canadian capture of Courcelette, Western Front, autumn 1916.

I. (Reel 7) Preparations for the battle. 8-inch and 6-inch howitzers fire a bombardment. Mark I tanks, ...

Horse racing in Calcutta.

Spanish generals being shown over the British sector of the Western Front, March-April 1917.

At Fourth Army headquarters, Querrieu Chteau, on 15 April 1917 General Henry Rawlinson shows the visiting generals some ...

I. Burial of Prince Christian.

I. 'OBSEQUIES OF THE KING'S UNCLE. Prince Christian buried with full military honours in St. George's Chapel Windsor.' HA as military band (men of the 2nd Life Guards and Coldstream ...

I. Demonstration of a radio-controlled motor-boat based on the design of the German Fernlenkboote.

I. 'MYSTERY SHIP EXPLAINED. Great interest was shown in the German electric mystery ships, one of which was captured ...

I. Stock footage of ammunition train.

I. 'HOT STUFF FOR FRITZ. An ammunition train of 9.2 shells going up to the Front.' HA as train passes diagonally left to right pulling open wagons filled with 9.2-inch shells and ...

I. General Allenby and General Bailloud in Egypt.

I. 'THE VICTOR OF JERUSALEM. General Sir Edmund Allenby who has rescued the Holy City from Turkish domination, reviews one of our mounted brigades.' Aids hold General ...

British forces on the Mesopotamian Front during and after the Battle of Ramadi, 28-29 September 1917.

(Reel 1) An Indian Infantry battalion (probably from 7th (Meerut) Division, as are all ...

The prisoner of war camp at El Maadi (or Heliopolis ?) in Egypt for Turkish other ranks prisoners, 1917 (?).

Views of the camp, showing that "prisoners have ample room for exercise". The prisoners' band of mandolins, ...

A contingent of the Egyptian Labour Corps from recruitment in Egypt to arrival and work in France, 1917.

A pan of the assembly camp in Egypt, tented and open, where the "recruits of all provinces dressed in various ...

Training and loading methods of a British Army remount squadron in Egypt, probably 1917.

The squadron exists to train fresh horses and mules for British Army war service. The horses are taught to keep at a steady ...

British operations in the Somme offensive between the Battle of Flers-Courcelette and the Battle of the Ancre, Western Front, September-November 1916.

(Reel 1) Material from various phases of the Somme offensive ...