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NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY IN ACTION, NEW YEAR'S DAY 1918 [Main]
VISIT TO THE NEW ZEALAND INFANTRY BASE DEPOT AT ETAPLES (extracts) [alternative]
The first scene is double-exposed and shows cookhouse fatigues and a squad of soldiers marching at the New Zealand Depot at Etaples. A 4.5-inch howitzer of a forward New Zealand battery on the Menin Road near Westhoek in the Ypres Salient is shown to cease firing, and then the gun crew covers it with white camouflage tarpaulin and a scrim net. The gunners open tinned Christmas cakes and puddings, …
Subject
- EFG1914
- New Zealand Military Forces, New Zealand Division
- weapons, British - gun: 4.5-inch howitzer & [New Zealand]
- celebrations, New Zealand - popular: Christmas & [+]
- society, New Zealand military - sustenance
- operations, New Zealand military - routine
- ceremonies, New Zealand - customary: flag raising
- 01/3(4-15)
- France
- Belgium
- …
- World War I
- World War, 1914-1918--France
- World War, 1914-1918--Belgium
- Belgium
- France
- World War I
Type of item
- motion pictures (visual works)
- Film
Subject
- EFG1914
- New Zealand Military Forces, New Zealand Division
- weapons, British - gun: 4.5-inch howitzer & [New Zealand]
- celebrations, New Zealand - popular: Christmas & [+]
- society, New Zealand military - sustenance
- operations, New Zealand military - routine
- ceremonies, New Zealand - customary: flag raising
- 01/3(4-15)
- France
- Belgium
- …
- World War I
- World War, 1914-1918--France
- World War, 1914-1918--Belgium
- Belgium
- France
- 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
- France
- Belgium
- NZ
- Third Battle of Ypres
- First Battle of Ypres
- Ypres
- Sweden
- New Zealand
- France
- Belgium
- New Zealand
- Belgium
- France
Provenance
- Imperial War Museums
Identifier
- IWM_160
- IWM_160
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Year
- 1918
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2013-12-19T08:45:56.666Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T12:49:15.528Z