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Title List — Realistic Set 200-2
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| 1 | Amid bursting crumps, with trench mortar ready, Seaforths watch through periscope for the Hun |
| 2 | Enemy seen, Fire! A trench-mortar hurling the shell, seen in mid air on its deadly flight |
| 3 | Seaforths filling their water bottles at a town pump before going into the trenches |
| 4 | A Bosche sniper worries a Section of Seaforths who are snatching a moment's respite |
| 5 | The sniper finds his mark! Stretcher-bearers remove a wounded officer hit by an unlucky bullet |
| 6 | The gun teams are hurriedly hooked in, and the battery moves off at a gallop |
| 7 | Gunners, suspicious of an approaching "Taube" don masks as protection against German gas shells |
| 7 | In action. Hidden by a screen of foliage, our batteries prepare to put down a barrage for the infantry |
| 8 | Rapid fire! Having found the range, our guns—one is seen in recoil—make it hot for the Bosche |
| 9 | Removing a field gun from a flooded position, greatly damaged by enemy fire |
| 10 | Examining the remains of Howitzer destroyed by direct hit |
| 11 | Lieut. Jodha Jang Rana M.C. leading Riflemen of the 39th Garwhalis on the La Bassee road |
| 12 | Troops and supplies being rushed from railhead to the firing line |
| 13 | Black Watch and Indians rest on the fire step while a hail of Hun machine gun bullets sweep the parapet |
| 14 | The Germans retaliate—a Hun high explosive shell bursting near one of our dumps hidden in a wood |
| 15 | Indian bombers throwing bombs into the German trenches |
| 16 | Amid the smoke of battle in one irresistible on-slaught. Colonial troops seize the German position |
| 17 | Colonel points to a weak spot in the new trenches |
| 19 | Although suffering heavily, they never faltered until they had taken the German trenches |
| 20 | Courage unsurpassed! Crawling through wire to rescue comrades, victims of a deadly shell |
| 21 | The price of victory!—Brave lads who fell in an early morning raid on the German lines |
| 22 | Tenderly lifting a serious case. Stretcher bearers at work |
| 23 | After the storm and stress of battle, caring for the wounded |
| 24 | Belgian stretcher-bearers carrying a wounded comrade through the trenches at Dixmude |
| 25 | F.M. Sir John French, C.-inC. of Expeditionary Force, with A.D.C.s at General Head Quarters |
| 26 | Staff Officer from G.H.Q. in dug-out, studying details before the opening of our offensive |
| 27 | Dry and dusty; Leicesters passing an estaminet on their way to the trenches |
| 28 | Hoary winter settles down on trench life in Flanders |
| 29 | Lahore Division Headquarters Group |
| 30 | One of our 9.2 howitzers with the 2nd Army which helped to drive the Germans off the Belgian coast |
| 31 | The Eyes of the Army. Sopwith Camels ready for a patrol over the German lines |
| 32 | Maintaining our supremacy in the air; a battle squadron in fighting formation |
| 33 | Over the German lines; deep trenches, mine craters and shell-pitted ground |
| 34 | South Africans prepare to defend an important wood against a gas attack |
| 34 | Column of earth from explosion of a British mine under a German position |
| 35 | In a front line trench an officer and sentry keep a sharp lookout for Hun movements |
| 36 | In the thick of a gas attack; our lads ready for the enemy |
| 37 | Gas Alarm! Ready with masks to repel Hun attack under cover of the deadly cloud at Loos |
| 38 | At dawn, in a determined rush, we carry the fortified enemy position at Contalmaison by assault |
| 39 | Under cover of gas and smoke we break through to Serre and Thiepval (photo from captured prisoner) |
| 40 | The price of victory, brave lads who fell in the struggle for this trench |
| 41 | Men who fell covering the retreat of the 5th Army at Albert during the Hun offensive in 1918 |
| 42 | German prisoners during the height of battle compelled to carry our wounded to the dressing station |
| 43 | Giving first aid to a wounded corporal hit by a German sniper |
| 44 | Casualties receiving first aid at Monchy dressing station |
| 45 | "Dear Mother, this Hospital is 'tres bon' and the nurses are Angels" |
| 46 | Haughty Prussians with machine-guns captured in our advance at Pozieres |
| 47 | Driving the Germans out of the forest of Houthhoulst, heavily shelled by our guns |
| 48 | Our troops drive the enemy before them from the shell-swept slopes of Kemmell Hill, Battle of Lys |
| 48 | British officers planning an attack and giving orders for the day’s strafe |
| 49 | Men taking cover in shell craters and behind tree stumps in our advance |
| 50 | Dead lying in "No Man's land" |
| 51 | Australian limbers bringing up ammunition at the gallop during the height of the battle |
| 52 | A listening-post in a shell hole in "No Man's Land" |
| 53 | Our infantry with Mills bombs clear the Bosche out of a trench |
| 54 | Bewildered Huns come out of their dugouts in answer to our bombs |
| 55 | Examining a Jerry driven out of a dugout by our bombs |
| 56 | Casualties in our line after the deadly Bosche bombardment which forced us across the Aisne |
| 57 | Giving water to a wounded comrade amid the wreckage of a German pill box |
| 58 | Dead Jerries found in our wire after a futile night raid on our lines |
| 59 | Evening in our Reserve trenches at Beaumont Hamel; our troops rest on the conquered ground |
| 60 | Leaving an outpost for a night patrol into the inky darkness of "No Man's Land" |
| 61 | Clearing the remaining Germans out of a fortified position shattered in our great attack |
| 62 | Knocked out! A nest of Hun machine-guns which held up our advance at Monchy, Battle of Arras |
| 63 | Bosche machine gun captured and gunner taken prisoner by our advancing troops at "Plug Street" |
| 64 | When the sluices were opened at Nieuport, floods and barbed wire brought disaster to the Hun troops |
| 65 | Ration party coming up under difficulties to support troops whose supplies are exhausted |
| 66 | On the run! In hot pursuit we cross the Canal du Nord by improvised bridges raked by shell fire |
| 67 | Heedless of their own danger stretcher bearers rescue a wounded comrade |
| 68 | German prisoner pointing out to staff officer the disposition of his Division |
| 69 | Fighting for the possession of a ruined village lost and retaken several times |
| 70 | Dislodging the enemy house by house in sanguine fighting from a ruined village |
| 71 | French artillery on their way to new positions pass prisoners taken in our big drive |
| 72 | Convoy and caterpillar bringing up guns and ammunition over flooded roads |
| 73 | Halt of an ammunition column en route to the front |
| 74 | Native officer, with German officer's helmet, captured at Neuve Chapelle |
| 74 | Wounded listening to a gramophone concert at the base hospital, France |
| 75 | Gunners digging a gun position for 4.5 howitzer completely concealed by camouflage from Hun airmen |
| 76 | A battery of Field Artillery crossing a bridge at eventide |
| 77 | Cavalry always ready in anticipation of a breakthrough, rest their horses in a French village |
| 78 | His Majesty inspecting the shells at Holmes and Co. Ltd., Munitions Works. Hull |
| 79 | A Royal visit to the troops; enthusiastic welcome by the Canadians |
| 80 | Motor lorries leaving depot with supplies for regimental bases close behind the firing-line |
| 80 | H.R.H. the Prince of Wales discusses cinematography with Dr. H.D. Girdwood |
| 81 | Leicesters passing a French canal on the way to the firing line |
| 82 | Baggage train passing through Fruges |
| 82 | Bengal Lancers moving up; passing through Estree Blanche |
| 83 | A squadron of the King's Dragoon Guards crossing a stream in France |
| 84 | Gurkhas preparing and cooking their evening meal |
| 84 | An interested audience of French villagers watching trick riding by Indian Cavalry |
| 85 | Band of the Pathans playing on a French farm |
| 86 | Gurkhas preparing and cooking their evening meal |
| 86 | Welcome news from the homeland; letters, papers and parcels are eagerly looked for by all |
| 87 | British graves amid the war's desolation |
| 87 | Mud-splashed Lewis machine gunners at junction of the Belgium (sic) and our lines at Hollebeke |
| 88 | Zeppelin shot down near Colchester; even with its back broken, towers above nearby farmhouse |
| 89 | Gondola—from which bombs were dropped on London—of Zeppelin brought down off the Essex coast |
| 90 | Impression made in the ground at Billericay by Commander falling from burning Zeppelin |
| 91 | An intrepid observer meets with a mishap and makes a hurried descent |
| 92 | The trail of smoke from the burning remnants of an enemy observation balloon |
| 93 | Armour-plated Hun 'plane, mounting seven machine guns, used to mow down our lads in the trenches |
| 94 | Smouldering buildings at Bethune set on fire by German bombardment |
| 95 | The Hun vandal. French villages set on fire wantonly by the Germans in their retreat |
| 96 | West door of the Cathedral at Ypres 1916 |
| 96 | Where the Flower of our Army hurled back the Prussian Guards, Beury Chateau, Festubert |
| 97 | Our rapid advance near Cambrai compelled the Germans to abandon large quantities of ammunition |
| 98 | The Battlements Gate, Ypres |
| 99 | Sentry guarding sacred ground, Ypres immortalised by the valour of our race |
| 100 | The golden sun goes down in peace over the desolate waste of "No man's Land" |
| 109 | British destroyers at Scapa Flow guarding the surrendered German battleships |
| 113 | Caged at last. Fleet of murderous submarines secure in a channel port |
| 117 | After the storm and stress of battle, caring for the wounded |
| 118 | Lord Kitchener on a tour of inspection at Cape Helles |
| 120 | In the thick of a gas attack; our lads ready for the enemy |
| 121 | A Battery of British heavy howitzers on the way to take up a new position |
| 122 | The true bull-dog rush of our troops at the Dardanelles |
| 124 | Gen. Birdwood's cheery optimism won for him immortal fame as the "Soul of Anzac" |
| 126 | Lord Kitchener inspecting his Guard of Honor |
| 141 | Casualties after the charge has swept over captured positions under German shell fire |
| 144 | London Motor-buses used for rushing troops to the front |
| 148 | Arrival of casualties at a Regimental Aid Post |
| 155 | Her majesty walking through the Guard of Honour of nurses of R.N. Hospital, Hull |
| 158 | Zepp Strafers. Three of these officers have brought down Zeppelins |
| 166 | Our gallant infantry charging the German positions on a Balkan hillside |
| 175 | Jerusalem the Holy City, goal of the Crusaders, rescued forever from the Turks |
| 189 | Troops enjoy a bathe after a long day's march; crocodiles make the rivers too dangerous |
| 193 | "Tenderly they lifted him." Hospital train in East Africa |
| 196 | Flotilla of motor boats guarding our lines of communications along the Rhine |
| 197 | In Cologne, where, instead of the "goose-step," the martial tread of British troops now reigns supreme |
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