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Topical Budget 272-2: The Armies of the Allies (1916)
 

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"THE ARMIES OF THE ALLIES An interesting group of the nationalities fighting the Central Powers in the Balkans. British, French, Russian, Italian, Serbian, Indian, Cretan, Senegalese, Greek, and Anammite [sic] type of soldiers". Awkwardly posed group (in a V-shape) of soldiers posed for the camera, each a representative of the various nationalities fighting for the Allies in the Balkans. An officer hands out cigarettes to them and they all light one another's cigarettes. They march in a line past the camera.

Note: There are actually eleven of them for the ten nationalities mentioned - possibly there are two Senegalese, or another nationality is represented but has been left out in error.