Die ersten Aufnahmen aus der Schlacht im Westen
1918
Synopsis
1 subtitles: The artillery in the fire on March 21, 1918 11:30 o'clock in the morning.
Image: Start of the German offensive ("Michael") at the 21.03.1918;
Artillery in the bombardment of enemy positions (7.7 cm field gun 16).
2. subheads: Infantry reserves following the fighting force.
Image: marching infantry reserves over free terrain.
3. subtitles: The first prisoners at Itancourt.
Image: First English prisoners at Itancourt, a wounded held in a tent.
4. subheads: Artillery exceeds the own front line quickly made bridges.
Image: Guns are pulled along an emergency bridge built in the ditch.
5. subheads: Guns are brought about the first enemy position.
Image: Soldiers bring a gun into the enemy position on difficult terrain.
6 subheads: machine gunner pass second English line.
Image: Machine Gunners pass second English line.
7. Subtitles: Reserves rest in a hollow at Urvillers, about 500 yards behind the line of battle.
Image: Racing a reserve force in the trough at Urvillers.
8 subtitles: The battle bagage, ammunition columns etc. towards evening the combatants runs to. Walk through the village of Mézières.
Image: Hauled battle baggage and ammunition columns on the March through the destroyed village of Mézières.
9 subtitles: The prisoner number grows by the hour.
Image: British prisoners train marching through a town (long settings);
Arrival in the internment camps;
Prisoner groups sit on the fenced meadow.
Places
Itancourt ; Urvillers ; Mézières
Topics
First world war ; France ; 1914-1918 (total period; first world war) ; Military (military; Reichswehr; Wehrmacht; National People's Army/NVA; Bundeswehr) ; Westfront (Erster Weltkrieg)
Type
Documentary
Genre
War Film (S)
Translated by Microsoft Translator
- Title:
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Die ersten Aufnahmen aus der Schlacht im Westen
Bilder aus der großen Schlacht (series title)
Bilder aus der großen Schlacht im Westen (1. Teil) (other original titles)
- Country of Origin:
- German Reich
Year of Production and/or Release
- Year of Production:
- 1918