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Attack in the Argonne.

British Newsreels, 1911-1930: Culture and Society on Film Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
British Film Institute, owner.
Topical Film Co., production company.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Fires.
Soldiers.
France--Argonne.
Western Front (World War (1914-1918)).
France. Armee.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (1 minute, 3 seconds)) : silent, black and white.
Place of Publication:
[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1916.
Summary:
Main title. "French soldiers advancing under cover of the smoke of a burning farm house. This is only one of the many farmers' homes that have been destroyed in the war." (9 frames). Filmed from the brow of a low/small hill a farm building can be seen in a valley with smoke pouring from it. A small number of French infantry take kneeling firing positions and advance on the farm house (53ft).
Notes:
Issue number: 232-1.
Series: Topical Budget.
With intertitles.

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