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Topical Budget 178-1: Indians at Arras (1915)
 

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20/1/1915
35mm, 50 feet, black & white, silent
 
Production CompanyTopical Film Company

Indian troops return to Arras after weeks of fighting.

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Troops from different parts of the British Empire answered the call to defend Britain and its interests in the First World War. Hence the appearance here of Indian soldiers at Arras on the Western Front, whose reactions at being caught up in such a conflict in so alien a landscape we can only guess at.

Luke McKernan

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Topical Budget: British Identity and the Empire