posted on 2024-05-09, 09:49authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
Damage to the town of Ypres, Western Front, February 1916. A panorama of the city. Views of the main square taken from the area of Hellfire Corner. The Cloth Hall, most of it still intact. Exterior and interior scenes of the cathedral, showing the west door and the fact that the organ has been destroyed. British soldiers pet two black and white puppies abandoned in the ruins. A longer version with the same title, now held as IWM 344, was released in 1918, showing scenes up to the end of the war.
History
Identifier
5740.mp4 | IWMFILM206-low.mp4
Subject
Landscape | Western Front | Ypres
Creator
War Office
Date
Mar-16
Date Created
01/03/1916
Temporal Date
31/03/1916
Spatial
Ypres, Belgium
Source
DVD copy of original film
Medium
DVD copy of original film
Type
Footage
Contributor
Alisa Miller
Rights
The Imperial War Museum
Collection ID
IWM 206
Repository Name
Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Repository Address
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UK