egbert Posted 13 September , 2013 Share Posted 13 September , 2013 http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060008213 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punjab612 Posted 15 September , 2013 Share Posted 15 September , 2013 Egbert Can this be played online, I'm only getting a link to the catalogue item. I would like to see if the quality is better than the one I paid £27 for some years ago. My gandfather 9234 CSM George Thorneycroft is in the final frames of the film Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 15 September , 2013 Author Share Posted 15 September , 2013 Peter, I am afraid you must exercise patience since the IWM has massive problems with ALL their WW1 films since yesterday. I am confident that they will repair whatever is wrong with their project/contribution to the European Film Gateway institute...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
towisuk Posted 16 September , 2013 Share Posted 16 September , 2013 Just been watching the St Eloi video (film) streaming from the IWM ok no prob's regards Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamRev Posted 16 September , 2013 Share Posted 16 September , 2013 Egbert - all these links to archive film clips that you are posting are fantastic! Keep them coming.... William Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadog Posted 17 September , 2013 Share Posted 17 September , 2013 See this thread http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=199720 Norman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue1 Posted 12 October , 2013 Share Posted 12 October , 2013 I have just been watching the St. Eloi clip - brilliant for such an old film (couldn't recognise grandfather) - my only problem was the sound and that is not the film, it is my computer. Fantastic to have these online. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamRev Posted 3 December , 2013 Share Posted 3 December , 2013 This month's "Britain at War" magazine (Dec 2013 issue 80) has an article about the battle of the St Eloi Craters 27th March 1916, and in particular this bit of film by Geoffrey Malins, who was to become famous three months later with his footage of the first day of the Somme. About his film of the St Eloi attack, Lt. Geoffrey Malins wrote: "What a "scoop" this was. It was the first film that had actually been taken of a British attack. What a record." My own interest lies in the fact that 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers (including my grandfather, then 2nd Lieut S. Revels) were in support of 1st Northumberland Fusiliers, and moved into the ground that the latter had taken. My brother and I went there this summer, and it is amazing just how tiny this battlefield is. I strongly urge everyone to see this bit of film, knowing that it is footage of genuine WW1 combat and not staged, using Egbert's link above William Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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