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    USA

    RECONSTRUCTION. A number of cavalrymen dressed as Boers ride towards and past the camera brandishing their swords. A solitary rider is left behind and watches as two men ride slowly (R-L) past the camera. In the background is a wooded slope (20ft)( ...

     
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    USA

    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 ...

     
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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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    Great Britain

    ACTUALITY. Ambulances and British troops crossing the Tugela River over the pontoon bridge near Trichardt's Drift, during the British retreat from Spion Kop in the Boer War, 25 January 1900. Three separate scenes (single shots) taken from ...

     
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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 ...

     
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    Great Britain

    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).

     
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    Great Britain

    "H.M.S. Powerful arriving in Portsmouth Harbour, bringing home the heroes of Ladysmith". Shot of the four-funnelled cruiser steaming in to the harbour and passing HMS Victory dressed with flags for the occasion (47ft).

    Note: This is ...

     
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    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.

    Notes

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

     
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    MS race course? Ranks of turbanned soldiers march towards the camera. The first group have trumpets, the rest carry rifles. They are accompanied by two Europeans on horseback.

     
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    ACTUALITY. A view from above of native boys diving for coins from their boats in Singapore harbour and climbing back again (51 ft).

    In August 1900, a notice from the Warwick Trading Company appeared in The Era explaining that & ...

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

    A party of riflemen are attacked by the Boers and left for dead; one of the enemy removes a dispatch from one of the fallen men; another of the fallen British struggles to his ...

     
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    ACTUALITY. Boer war. Single shot of the Bloemfontein annexation ceremony on May 28th 1900.

    Military parade in the market square at Bloemfontein at which General Pretyman named the Orange River Colony (formerly the Orange Free State) on behalf of ...

     
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    GB

    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 ( ...

     
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    GB

    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 ...

     
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    GB

    Men of the City Imperial Volunteers (CIV) being inspected at the Albany Barracks, Regents Park, London, by Edward, Prince of Wales, prior to their departure for South Africa, 26th January 1900.

    The men are drawn up ...

     
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    GB

    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 ...

     
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    GB

    Cavalry and Infantry marching past on a grassy parade ground, South Africa, 1900

    The parade starts and ends with contingents of light horse. In between them are foot soldiers, two companies each with a Maxim gun on a ...

     
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    GB

    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 ...

     
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    GB

    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 ...

     
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    GB

    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 ...

     
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    GB

    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. ...

     
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    GB

    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 ...