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Waiting and Watchful

Scenes from the Western Front

Non-Fiction 1918 2 mins Silent

Overview

Bouquets of barbed wire: this brisk dispatch from the Champagne Front observes French soldiers manning a wire-ridden landscape. The item was filmed by the Topical Film company, whose newsreel at this point was directly controlled by the UK government’s war office.