| ON THE YSER FRONT Soldiers on the Yser Front, Belgium. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6258 | |
| Catalog #: | 369414 | |
| Clip Number: | 369414-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 441 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:50:29 - 01:55:51 | |
| Location: | Yser River, Belgium | |
| Year Shot: | 1914 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Dogs ENGINEERING: Bridges, Temporary LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Belgium MILITARY: Army, Belgian WORLD WAR ONE, GENERAL: War Damage WORLD WAR ONE, MILITARY: Engineering WORLD WAR ONE, MILITARY: R & R, Rest and Relaxation | |
| Description: | ON THE YSER FRONT Very good footage of soldiers, ruins of town, command post along the Yser River in Belgium. Yser River, Belgium Shot looking toward river. Pan rt. to cemetery w/ simple wooden crosses sticking up from wildflowers. Good shots of ruins of village, w/ Belgian officers driving in car through what must have been square. Soldiers by ruins of house along river. French & Belgian officers walking through ruins of town; one is carrying a tiny puppy. 3 of them stand on narrow footbridge across the river. Ruins on opposite bank. More ruins. Good wide shot looking diag. across river at docks; w/ bombed buildings behind them & the narrow bridge in front; pan on men crossing bridge. Soldiers at camp. One man gives messages to another. 2 men carry a big pot past. Shots of more ruins. More of troops in camp: man sitting under tree reading letter. Other guys hanging out, some clothing hanging on fence; etc. men sit at table playing cards next to shelter protected by stacked sandbags. CU soldier holding the same cute and tiny puppy inside helmet. | |
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