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REVIEW OF THE H.M.S. `POWERFUL' NAVAL BRIGADE (1900)

ACTUALITY. Military parade.

A naval detachment, including Marines, headed by a military band and watched by cheering crowds, passes down the ...

 

SHELLING THE RED CROSS (1900)

DRAMA. A "faked" newsfilm representing an incident in the Boer War.

A nurse is seen receiving wounded British soldiers at a ...

 

SIR GEORGE WHITE LEAVING THE LONDON HIPPODROME (1900)

ACTUALITY. Crowds around the entrance to the London Hippodrome awaiting the departure of Sir George White, the hero of Ladysmith ...

 

SKIRMISH WITH THE BOERS NEAR KIMBERLEY BY A TROOP OF... (1900)

ACTUALITY. A British troop exercise during the Boer War presented as genuine military action.

[THE SCOUTS IN PURSUIT OF THE BOERS] ...

 

SURRENDER OF KROONSTAD TO LORD ROBERTS (1900)

ACTUALITY. Boer War. A long column of mounted troops fording a river (148ft).

Note: Lord Roberts took the surrender of Kroonstad ...

 

TRACTION ENGINE HAULING TIMBER (1900)

A steam traction engine hauling timber in a dockyard, apparently in South Africa (during the Boer War). A number of ...

 

TRAIN LOAD OF C.I.V.'S LEAVING SOUTHAMPTON (1900)

The train, with engine decorated with flag and the letters "CIV" on the front, pulls out of the station; soldiers ...

 

TROOPS LEAVING PORT ELIZABETH JETTY (1900)

ACTUALITY. Boer War. A Company of British troops, just arrived in Port Elizabeth, march from the jetty towards a square ...

 

WAR BALLOON AND TRANSPORT CROSSING THE VAAL RIVER (1900)

ACTUALITY. Boer War. A long line of carts and wagons drawn by mules and oxen crosses the Vaal river - ...

 

WINNING THE V.C. (1900)

DRAMA. A 'faked' newsfilm representing an incident in the Boer War.

Four gunners are seen under fire; one falls wounded as ...

 

AMBULANCE CROSSING THE MODDER (1899)

ACTUALITY. Boer War: hauled by a long mule train a four-wheeled cart with three British soldiers seated at the rear ...

 

ARRIVAL OF WOUNDED AT HOSPITAL SHIP (1899)

ACTUALITY. Boer War wounded being taken onto a hospital ship.

A continuous line of sick and wounded British soldiers being carried ...

 

AUSTRALIAN MOUNTED RIFLES MARCHING THROUGH CAPE TOWN (1899)

ACTUALITY. A column of Australian cavalry riding down Adderley Street, Cape Town, watched by enthusiastic crowds (90ft).

Note: Filmed by Edgar ...

 

COLDSTREAM GUARDS EMBARKING ON TROOPSHIP GASCON (1899)

ACTUALITY. Troops embarking at Southampton for the Boer War, 21 October 1899.

Rear view close shot of a line of troops ...

 

DISPERSING THE TROOPS AT WINDSOR AFTER PARADE (1899)

ACTUALITY. Dispersal of Life Guards following review by Queen Victoria.

The dispersal of each Company following the Review of the First ...

 

FIFTH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS DIGGING ENTRENCHMENTS... (1899)

ACTUALITY. Boer War. Two scenes.

Long shot of soliders digging under the supervision of officers (26). An armoured train, going in ...

 

GENERAL BULLER EMBARKING ON THE `DUNOTTAR CASTLE' AT... (1899)

ACTUALITY. General Sir Redvers Buller leaving to head the British Army at the start of the Boer War, 14 October ...

 

GORDON HIGHLANDERS LEAVE FOR THE BOER WAR (1899)

ACTUALITY. Single shot. A procession of troops, led by pipers, marches in front of the camera. Taken at Union Terrace, ...

 

LANCERS CROSSING THE MODDER RIVER (1899)

ACTUALITY. A column of Lancers fording the Modder River, which has steep banks on either side, during the Boer War.

Note: ...

 

LANDING OF SAVAGE SOUTH AFRICA AT SOUTHAMPTON (1899)has video enhanced entry

Members of the 'Savage South Africa' troupe at Southampton Docks.

The film shows a group of Africans (Zulus) in full tribal ...

 

LORD ROBERTS LEAVING FOR SOUTH AFRICA (1899)

ACTUALITY. Lord Roberts leaving to take over control of the British Army in South Africa fighting the Boer War.

Lord Roberts, ...

 

NAVAL GUNS FIRING AT COLENSO (1899)

ACTUALITY. Single shot. British naval ratings firing a 4.7" naval gun, during the Boer War, probably 14 December 1899.

Close shot ...

 

PANORAMIC VIEW OF FRERE CAMP TAKEN FROM THE FRONT OF... (1899)

ACTUALITY. Boer War. 'Phantom ride' taken from a moving train (moving right to left) showing the British encampment at Frere, ...

 

REPAIRING THE BROKEN BRIDGE AT FRERE (1899)

ACTUALITY. Single shot. British officers (Royal Engineers) supervising repair work on a bridge at Frere, spanning the Blaauw Krantz River, ...

 

REVIEW OF THE LIFE GUARDS BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN... (1899)

ACTUALITY. Queen Victoria reviews the Life Guards at Spital Barracks.

Queen Victoria, seated in her carriage with her back to the ...

 

RIFLE HILL SIGNAL STATION NEAR FRERE CAMP (1899)

ACTUALITY. Single shot. Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.

MCU British soldiers lined up along trenches aiming their ...

 

SAVAGE SOUTH AFRICA - SAVAGE ATTACK AND REPULSE (1899)

ACTUALITY. A reconstruction "as performed in the Empress Theatre, 'Greater Britain Exhibition', Earls Court" by Mr Frank E. Fillis's troupe ...

 

TROOPS PASSING OVER THE MODDER BY TRAIN (1899)

ACTUALITY. Troop train passing over the Modder River during the Boer War.

A train, with locomotives and armoured cars at each ...

 

`ROSLIN CASTLE' (TROOPSHIP) LEAVING FOR SOUTH AFRICA (1899)

ACTUALITY. Single shot. Spectators on the quayside wave as the crowded ship moves away.

Note: The Roslin Castle left Southampton on ...

 

ADDERLEY STREET, CAPE TOWN (1898)

No titles. Shots from the same camera viewpoint showing horse-drawn traffic and pedestrians and an electric tram arriving at an ...

 

BLUEJACKETS' FIELD GUN DRILL AT DURBAN (1898)

ACTUALITY. Military exercise in Durban, South Africa.

Small groups of naval ratings bring their guns into position, fire, unlimber them and ...

 

GANG MAKING RAILWAY - SOUTH AFRICA (1898)

African labourers excavating a clearing, with railway tracks in the background. The Africans may be Zulus (94ft).

 

OX WAGON (1898)

An ox wagon passes before the camera at some distance; another passes at closer range; a caravan of ox wagons, ...

 

PRESIDENT KRUGER (1898)

ACTUALITY. Long shot of President Kruger.

A long shot of Kruger leaving his residence to be driven off to the Volksraad. ...

 

SHIPS COMING TO ANCHOR, SOUTH AFRICA (1898)

View from stern of moving ship shows a faster-moving vessel, with masts and a funnel, approaching then overtaking on the ...

 

SIRDAR'S RECEPTION AT GUILDHALL (1898)

ACTUALITY. Lord Kitchener's reception at the Guildhall on the occasion of his presentation of the Freedom of the City of ...

 

`BLUFF', DURBAN (1898)

ACTUALITY. Long distance shot of "The Bluff" nearing Durban; it sails towards the camera, turns, and passes in medium close ...