51348: Trench warfare

https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25780641

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posted on 2024-05-09, 09:49 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

<p dir="ltr">Firing (mortar) 'plum puddings' from a trench mortar pit, possibly of the 29th Division, taken on the 29th June. It has been claimed that this material may be faked and could have been taken at a trench mortar school.</p>

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Identifier

1846.mpg | CXTIWMFILMvsom6.mpg

Subject

Creator

War Office

Date

Jun-16

Date Created

01/06/1916

Temporal Date

30/06/1916

Spatial

Somme

Source

VHS copy of original film

Medium

VHS copy of original film

Type

Footage

Contributor

Everett Sharp

Rights

The Imperial War Museum

Collection ID

The Battle of the Somme, Part 1, Caption 16 | The Battle of the Somme, Part 1, Caption 17

Repository Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Repository Address

Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UK

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

Producer

Jury, W. F.

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Keywords

First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Footage Allied Forces Casualties of War Fighting Men Home Front Military Punishment Western Front

Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0