British fictional propaganda film on a Boer defeat in the Second Boer War, 27th February 1900.

The film depends for its effect on stop-action camera tricks. It opens with 'President Kruger' of the Transvaal Republic ...

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 ( ...

ACTUALITY. Boer War. Ceremonies on the occasion of the raising of the Union Jack at Pretoria, 5 June 1900.

Long shot from high angle of British infantry and cavalry lined up to the left of the picture in Church Square, Pretoria, with ...

Very brief scene of Lord Roberts and his staff boarding SS Dunnottar Castle at Southampton docks for the trip to South Africa, 23rd December 1899.

Notes

Title: this has been taken from the Warwick catalogue for 1900

Production: this ...

Light ammunition carts crossing a drift near Paardeberg, South Africa, February 1900.

The light carts cross the drift one after the other in a long continuous line.

Notes

Title: this has been taken from ...

A 4.7-inch naval gun being drawn across the drift by ox-teams. As the gun descends the steep embankment, it is held back by ropes in the hands of a number of troops.

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Filmed by Joseph Rosenthal, it is thought that this might also be ...

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.

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 ...

ACTUALITY. Military parade.

A naval detachment, including Marines, headed by a military band and watched by cheering crowds, passes down the Mall prior to a review by the Prince of Wales at Horse Guards Parade. Included in the ...

Ostriches being fed by an African keeper, watched by a group of Europeans which includes three women (97ft).

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 ...

ACTUALITY. Crowds around the entrance to the London Hippodrome awaiting the departure of Sir George White, the hero of Ladysmith from the theatre. He emerges in company with Mr Cook, the manager of the theatre, and is immediately ...

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] ...

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 ...

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 ...

The train, with engine decorated with flag and the letters "CIV" on the front, pulls out of the station; soldiers lean from the windows, some waving (44ft).

Note: Also contained in THROUGH THREE REIGNS 1922 (Rl. 1. 522-561ft).

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 ...

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 ...

DRAMA. 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 ...

British mounted troops staging a combat manoeuvre, not far from Kimberley, South Africa, May-July 1900.

The troopers gallop towards the camera, regular cavalry first, followed by yeomanry. There is a kopje behind ...

Lord Roberts, the new Commander-in-Chief, arrives at Cape Town harbour, South Africa, 10th January 1900.

An honour guard of Infantry marches into position beside the dock, past Roberts' ship, the SS Dunnottar Castle. ...

A company of Infantry crosses the river, the boundary between the Orange Free State and the Transvaal Republic, South Africa, May 1900.

A punt is crammed full with the men, who have no room to move. It is pulled ...

The ceremonial parade through the streets of London of Sir George White and his staff, returned home after the relief of Ladysmith, April 1900.

Crowds line the streets, held back by soldiers, as the military parade ( ...

Troops of the Cavalry Division crossing a drift near Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa, 12th May 1900.

The column of horsemen crosses the drift towards the camera. One officer has his Indian servant riding ...