Die ersten Aufnahmen aus der Schlacht im Westen 1918

1 subtitles: The artillery in the fire on March 21, 1918 11:30 o'clock in the morning.
Image: Start of the German offensive ("Michael") at the 21.03.1918;
Artillery in the bombardment of enemy positions (7.7 cm field gun 16).
2. subheads: Infantry reserves following the fighting force.
Image: marching infantry reserves over free terrain.
3. subtitles: The first prisoners at Itancourt.
Image: First English prisoners at Itancourt, a wounded held in a tent.
4. subheads: Artillery exceeds the own front line quickly made bridges.
Image: Guns are pulled along an emergency bridge built in the ditch.
5. subheads: Guns are brought about the first enemy position.
Image: Soldiers bring a gun into the enemy position on difficult terrain.
6 subheads: machine gunner pass second English line.
Image: Machine Gunners pass second English line.
7. Subtitles: Reserves rest in a hollow at Urvillers, about 500 yards behind the line of battle.
Image: Racing a reserve force in the trough at Urvillers.
8 subtitles: The battle bagage, ammunition columns etc. towards evening the combatants runs to. Walk through the village of Mézières.
Image: Hauled battle baggage and ammunition columns on the March through the destroyed village of Mézières.
9 subtitles: The prisoner number grows by the hour.
Image: British prisoners train marching through a town (long settings);
Arrival in the internment camps;
Prisoner groups sit on the fenced meadow.

Year of Production:

1918

Censorship date: 01.04.1918

Control institute:

Militärzensur München

Control number:

3907

Censorship date: 17.04.1918

Censorship decision:

Freigegeben

Control institute:

Polizeipräsidium Berlin

Film length (in m):

221

Control number:

41691

Censorship comments:

Datum wie bei Militärzensur

Censorship date: 04.10.1921

Censorship decision:

Frei für Kinder u. Jugendliche

Control institute:

Filmprüfstelle Berlin

Film length (in m):

212

Control number:

4343

Rights Holder:

Federal Republic of Germany

Production Company:

Reichsfilmstelle (1921); Bild- und Film-Amt (1918)

Censorship Applicant:

Reichsfilmstelle (1921)

Film Format:

35 mm

Colour:

b/w

Audio:

Silent

Language (main title):

German

Language (intertitles):

German