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... of sticks on his head. "Chak Dara fort"
"The Swats and Dirians who inhabit the country between Chak Dara and Chitrol are constantly at war with one another but in honour of the Prince's visit, a truce was declared for one day" Crowds line the roads; ...
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... his son does the same. "Sir Percival Phillips (the famous war correspondent) satisfies himself that the swords are really sharp ... that the Royal Crest is carried by each of the Crossley cars". War veterans presented to the Prince. View of Benares city from ...
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... The Prince visits Poona and lays the foundation stone of the Maratha War Memorial'. The Prince inspects Indian war veterans.
"Watch this old fellow. He was so excited that he failed to notice the Prince's proffered hand ...
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... River, South Africa, during the Boer War.
One end of a mangled metal bridge ... section). John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), p 191. W.K-L. Dickson, The Biograph ... (1901), pp 53-4. Thomas Pakenham, The Boer War (1979), p 209 (pbk ed 1992). Palace ...
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ACTUALITY. Single shot. A procession of troops, led by pipers, marches in front of the camera. Taken at Union Terrace, Aberdeen, with the William Wallace statue in the background (62ft).
Refs: National Film Archive, Catalogue, Part ...
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... Town, watched by enthusiastic crowds (90ft).
Note: Filmed by Edgar Hyman, 22 December 1899.
Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), p 293. National Film Archive, Catalogue, Part 1: Silent News Films: N.53. Warwick cat. no. 5526.
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... only film of the Battle of Omdurman in 1898 and who, in October 1899, went to South Africa to film footage of the Boer War for the Warwick Trading Company. However, biographies of Benett-Stanford fail to mention any trip to India, while other references to ...
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... Hildyard and 2nd Brigade Staff, special service officers, and the 2nd Battalion West Yorkshires.
Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), p 284. National Film Archive, Catalogue, Part 1: Silent News Films: N.45. Warwick cat. no. 5476. The ...
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... OF THE LIFE GUARDS BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AT SPITAL BARRACKS, WINDSOR, NOVEMBER 11TH, 1899 (qv).
Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), p 286. National Film Archive, Catalogue, Part 1: Silent News Films: N.49. Warwick cat. no. 5486.
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ACTUALITY. Boer War wounded being taken onto a hospital ship.
A continuous line of sick and wounded British soldiers being carried by stretcher-bearers on board a hospital ship at Durban; walking casualties make their way up a ...
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... over control of the British Army in South Africa fighting the Boer War.
Lord Roberts, preceded by Lady Roberts and accompanied by a number ... ship, 23 December 1899.
Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), p 292. Warwick cat. no. 5521.
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ACTUALITY. Boer War: hauled by a long mule train a four-wheeled cart with three British soldiers seated at the rear crosses the Modder River (14) Oxen harnessed to a covered Red Cross ambulance wagon drink from the river. They then pull the ...
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... , which has steep banks on either side, during the Boer War.
Note: Filmed by John Benett-Stanford, 8 December 1899.
Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), pp. 52, 57 [illus.], 187, 292. National Film Archive, Catalogue, ...
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... was previously identified as being a Kaffir war dance at the Ferari Mines, Johannesburg ... next year ‘Anglo-Boer war-related films regularly accounted for ... >
Barnes, John, Filming the Boer War in England: Volume 4 of the Beginnings of the ...
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Great Britain
ACTUALITY. Boer War. 'Phantom ride' taken from a moving train (moving right to left) showing ... , The Biograph in Battle (1901), pp. 52-3. John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), p. 191. Palace Theatre programme 29 January 1900 (PANORAMA OF ...
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... British naval ratings firing a 4.7" naval gun, during the Boer War, probably 14 December 1899.
Close shot of 4.7" naval gun ... assault on Colenso.
Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), pp 152, 192. W.K-L. Dickson, The Biograph in Battle ...
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... train passing over the Modder River during the Boer War.
A train, with locomotives and armoured cars at each end ... THE MODDER RIVER (qv).
Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), pp. 57 [illus.], 187, 293. National Film Archive, Catalogue, ...
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... Single shot. Signalling from a British trench during the Boer war.
MCU British soldiers lined up along trenches aiming their ... Kitchener December 7th'.
Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), p 192, cover and title page. W.K-L. Dickson, ...
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... leaving to head the British Army at the start of the Boer War, 14 October 1899.
Watched by crowds, Sir Redvers Buller, in ... midway through the film.
Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), p 283. National Film Archive, Catalogue, Part 1: ...
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REVIEW OF THE LIFE GUARDS BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AT SPITAL BARRACKS, WINDSOR, NOVEMBER 11TH, 1899 1899
... before the departure of the Life Guards for the Boer War. DISPERSING THE TROOPS AT WINDSOR AFTER PARADE (qv) was taken on the same occasion.Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), p 285. National Film Archive, Catalogue, Part 1: Silent ...
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Great Britain
ACTUALITY. Boer War. Two scenes.
Long shot of soliders digging under the supervision of ... -Stanford 12 November 1899.
Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), pp 52, 56 [illus.], 290. National Film Archive, Catalogue, Part ...
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Great Britain
ACTUALITY. Troops embarking at Southampton for the Boer War, 21 October 1899.
Rear view close shot of a line ... in the foreground'.
Refs: John Barnes, Filming the Boer War (1992), pp. 146, 195. British Journal of Photography, 27 ...
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Great Britain
ACTUALITY. Boer War. Ceremonies on the occasion of the raising of the Union Jack at Pretoria, 5 June 1900 ... was seen (falsely) by the British as marking the end of the war.
Refs: Warwick Trading Company catalogue (1901), no. 5726b.
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A pantomime on the Boer War in the form of a boxing match between men dressed as John Bull and President Kruger. The seconds for Kruger are France and Russia; for John Bull, Uncle Sam.
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ACTUALITY. Boer War. A long line of carts and wagons drawn by mules and oxen crosses the Vaal river - one of the wagons has a large balloon attached to it (96ft).
Note: Filmed by Joe Rosenthal c24 May 1900. According to the Warwick ...
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Great Britain
ACTUALITY. Boer War. Native drivers and British soldiers stand by the bank of the river urging on the long teams of oxen as they draw the guns towards the water (93ft).
Note: This may in fact be NAVAL GUN CROSSING THE VET RIVER ( ...
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ACTUALITY. A British troop exercise during the Boer War presented as genuine military action.
[THE SCOUTS IN PURSUIT OF THE BOERS] Mounted troops riding across open country towards the camera (52). [BRINGING THE MAXIMS INTO ACTION] ...
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... a review by the Prince of Wales at Horse Guards Parade. Included in the procession are guns used at Ladysmith during the Boer War. Filmed in medium close shot (96ft).
Note: Filmed 7 May 1900. See also THE HEROES OF LADYSMITH MARCHING THROUGH LONDON ...
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ACTUALITY. Lord Roberts arrives at Cape Town to head the British army during the Boer War.
A small contingent of soldiers march along the quayside (44). Lord Roberts disembarks from his ship and inspects the guard of honour (82). He ...
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WINNING THE V.C. 1900
Great BritainDRAMA. A 'faked' newsfilm representing an incident in the Boer War.
Four gunners are seen under fire; one falls wounded as the others advance; a cavalryman rides up, drags the wounded man on to his horse and rides off in the direction ...
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Great Britain
DRAMA. A "faked" newsfilm representing an incident in the Boer War.
A nurse is seen receiving wounded British soldiers at a Red Cross tent. A Boer emerges from behind the tent and beats a hasty retreat after throwing a bomb in fromt ...
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Great Britain
ACTUALITY. Boer war. Single shot of a column of Gordon Highlanders marching out of their camp at Ladysmith to meet General Buller's relief column.
Troops in khaki kilts march turning a corner and marching to the right past lines of ...
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Great Britain
ACTUALITY. Boer WAr. A procession of ox-drawn wagons passing down a trail over a hill towards the camera; the oxen are attended and driven by Zulus (91ft).
Note: Filmed by Joe Rosenthal April-May 1900.
Refs: National Film ...
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Great Britain
ACTUALITY. Boer War. A long column of mounted troops fording a river (148ft).
Note: Lord Roberts took the surrender of Kroonstad on 12 May 1900. According to the Warwick catalogue the film shows: `Lord Roberts and Kitchener with Staff ...
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Great Britain
ACTUALITY. Boer War. Scots' Guards march through the market place in Bloemfontain.
Foot soldiers carrying pick-axes or rifles march (R-L) past the camera, followed by drummers and pipers, officers on horseback, and more foot soldiers. ...
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Great Britain
ACTUALITY. Single shot. Naval ratings pulling along naval guns during the Boer War.
A long double line of naval ratings hauling a 4.7" gun across open country (from right to left). A second group hauling a second gun follows behind ( ...
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RECONSTRUCTION. Faked Boer War incident.
View from behind the "Boer" position as they fire with rifles and a small cannon against an advancing force of "British" lancers on foot and horseback. After hand-to-hand fighting the British withdraw, ...
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RECONSTRUCTION. Boer War(?)
A battlefield, with cannons and wounded soldiers, is filmed from behind the British line(?) A horse-drawn ambulance arrives (L-R). Under the direction of officers, some of the wounded are stretchered into the ...
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Great Britain
ACTUALITY. Boer War. Three British cavalrymen ride from right to left across a flat landscape, with a group of cavalry in the distance (11). Jump-cut to a number of cavalrymen leading a covered wagon pulled by a team of six horses. Within ...
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... , the manager of the theatre, and is immediately surrounded by the enthusiastic crowd (48ft).
Note: Field-Marshal Sir George White defended Ladysmith during the Boer War from 2/11/1899 to 1/3/1900. He returned to the UK (Southampton) 14/4/1900.
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DOCUMENTARY. "Fake newsfilm" of a Boer war skirmish.
A number of Boer volunteers direct rifle fire and cannon fire at the kilted Highland regiment advancing towards them. The Highlanders overrun the battery and put the Boers to flight (81 ft). ...
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Great Britain
A steam traction engine hauling timber in a dockyard, apparently in South Africa (during the Boer War). A number of cyclists and troops and a donkey cart pass by (72ft).
Note: See Warwick Catalogue 5541b, TRANSPORTING SUPPLIES BY ...
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Great Britain
"ACTUALITY". A contingent from a British Army unit marching down a street, followed by a small group of boys who look into the camera. The unit is led by an officer bearing a sword and includes a colour sergeant (51).
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... Drift, during the British retreat from Spion Kop in the Boer War, 25 January 1900. Three separate scenes (single shots) taken from ... pp 129-31 [illus. first scene] Thomas Pakenham, The Boer War (1979), p 306 (pbk ed 1992). [illus. first scene] Palace Theatre ...
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Great Britain
ACTUALITY. Boer War. A Company of British troops, just arrived in Port Elizabeth, march from the jetty towards a square and are surrounded by the waiting crowds (48ft).
Note: Probably filmed by Edgar M. Hyman around March 1900.
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Great Britain
ACTUALITY. Boer War. Covered wagons drawn by mules, each flying the Red Cross flag, fording the Vaal river (13ft).
Note: Filmed by Joe Rosenthal c24 May 1900. Original length 50ft.
Refs: National Film Archive, Catalogue, Part 1: ...
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... back by ropes in the hands of a number of troops.
Notes
Filmed by Joseph Rosenthal, it is thought that this might also be his THE 5 INCH SIEGE GUN CROSSING THE VAAL RIVER. See The Boer War 1899-1902 by Luke McKernan British Film Institute.
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