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The deliverance of Lille by Haig's Men

Published
[Great Britain] : Topical Film Company, 1918.
Physical Description
1 online resource (1 video file (2 minutes, 43 seconds)) : silent, black and white
Additional Creators
AM (Publisher) and Topical Film Co.
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"After four years of Hun rule, brutality and plunder, the joy and gratitude of the brave inhabitants knew no bounds when they saw their British liberators of the 5th. Army, Liverpool Irish and Lancashire troops." British troops march through town past camera carrying French flags and flowers along with their guns. Second batch of troops accompanied by young children. "A British Officer is assailed with grateful attention and cries of "Vivent Les Anglais." Close shots of women smiling at camera. Car containing British troops passes by slowly and is greeted by the crowd (89ft). Filmed by Buckstone.
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Note
Issue number: 374-2.
Series: Topical Budget.
With intertitles.
Creation/Production Credits Note
Cameramen: Buckstone, Walter A.
Reproduction Note
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2023. Digitized from a copy held by the British Film Institute.
Location of Originals
British Film Institute
Copyright Note
© British Film Institute
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