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AMERICAN CONGRESSMEN VISIT FRANCE [Main]
Seven congressmen with a British officer escort walk through an ordnance workshop with a light railway terminal, past 6-inch howitzers (presumably being repaired). They go on to tour Vimy Ridge on foot, wearing shrapnel helmets, walking up the ridge to see the view from the top described by their escort. The group visits the inside of the damaged Arras Cathedral and Albert Cathedral (showing the L…
Contributors
- Topical Film Company
Subject
- EFG1914
- British Army
- United States Congress
- delegations, United States international - political
- weapons, British - gun: 6-inch 26cwt howitzer & [damaged]
- transport, British military - rail: narrow gauge train
- buildings, French - religious: cathedral
- 01/3(4-15).7
- Vimy Ridge, Pas-de-Calais, France
- Albert, Somme, France
- …
- World War I
- British Army
- United States Congress
- World War I
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Contributors
- Topical Film Company
Subject
- EFG1914
- British Army
- United States Congress
- delegations, United States international - political
- weapons, British - gun: 6-inch 26cwt howitzer & [damaged]
- transport, British military - rail: narrow gauge train
- buildings, French - religious: cathedral
- 01/3(4-15).7
- Vimy Ridge, Pas-de-Calais, France
- Albert, Somme, France
- …
- World War I
- British Army
- United States Congress
- World War I
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Rights
- Imperial War Museums
Creation date
- 1918
- 1918
Places
- Vimy Ridge, Pas-de-Calais, France
- Albert, Somme, France
- Péronne, Somme, France
- Fricourt, Somme, France
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Arras Cathedral
- Pas-de-Calais
- Albert
- France
- France
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Albert
Provenance
- Imperial War Museums
Identifier
- IWM_142
- IWM_142
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 1918
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2013-12-19T08:45:54.660Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T12:49:15.528Z