FIGHTING IN FLANDERS : with the Australian Imperial Forces on the Western Front [Main]
(Reel 1) Australian 2nd Division at outdoor physical training and Swedish drill, followed by bayonet training and Lewis machine gun practice, probably in 'W' training area, Bouvelinghem, August 1917. 18-pounder field guns of 2nd Division (?) come into a park. Field Marshal Haig (on horseback) reviews 5th Division in 'W' area on 29th August. Men of 2nd Division, in slouch hats, march down a road to…
Subject
- EFG1914
- Haig, Douglas
- British Army, Machine Gun Corps, Heavy Branch, Coy A
- Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Division
- Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Division, 28th Battalion
- Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force, 5th Division
- weapons, British - gun: 6-inch 26cwt howitzer & [Australian]
- weapons, British - smallarm: Lewis machine gun & [Australian]
- armour, British - tank: Tank Mark IV Male
- casualties, Australian wounded
- …
- World War I
- World War I
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Subject
- EFG1914
- Haig, Douglas
- British Army, Machine Gun Corps, Heavy Branch, Coy A
- Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Division
- Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd Division, 28th Battalion
- Australian Army, Australian Imperial Force, 5th Division
- weapons, British - gun: 6-inch 26cwt howitzer & [Australian]
- weapons, British - smallarm: Lewis machine gun & [Australian]
- armour, British - tank: Tank Mark IV Male
- casualties, Australian wounded
- …
- World War I
- World War I
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Providing institution
Aggregator
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Rights
- Imperial War Museums
Creation date
- 1917
- 1917
Places
- Bouvelinghem, Pas-de-Calais, France
- Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium
- Messines, West Flanders, Belgium
- AU
- Third Battle of Ypres
- Bouvelinghem
- Battle of Messines
- Australia
- Sweden
- Ypres
- Pas-de-Calais
- France
- Belgium
- West Flanders
Provenance
- Imperial War Museums
Identifier
- IWM_158
- IWM_158
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 1917
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2013-12-19T08:45:56.667Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T12:49:15.528Z