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General Joffre at the Front (1916)

1916 · Ephemeral film · 3 min

Synopsis

World War I on the Western Front: General Joffre, heavy artillery firing, British troops on the front line, and refugees fleeing Combles.

Synopsis, reviewed

Details

Running time
3 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★ · WAR! Huh! · Spuzz · 2013-10-04

A marshall goes off to war, and there's some pageantry. Then some war footage... that's a HUGE gun. Some people get away, and then some scenes of lots and lots of bombs.