France 1917: First and Second Bullecourt

Arras, Bullecourt and Hindeburg Line – cuts for library [AWM F00076] silent, 26 MB

Made in 1917.
This silent film deals with events around the Battle of Arras in April–May 1917. Australians were involved in this general British offensive in operations at Bullecourt. Below is the Australian War Memorial’s original film synopsis:

Engineers demolishing houses. Interior of Arras Cathedral. German batteries shell Allied positions. Shelling of a recently captured village. German shells bursting in Arras and the effect. Australian transport round a mine crater. Queenslanders and Tasmanians in front of Bullecourt. Australian artillery observers watching bombardment of Hindenburg line.

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