Ypres Reel 3 (1914-1919)

Reel 3. Night shots of officer looking around the trenches. He advances and grabs a rifle to join the combat. “Hour after hour this Oxford Undergraduate, supported by the .’s Pulleyn and Peabody with their handful of Territorials, holds the hill safe within his keeping.“ Staged shots of hand to hand combat with a German soldier and much firing of guns. “For the great gallantry and endurance displayed 2nd Lieutenant Woolley was awarded the first Victoria Cross given to a Territorial officer. Sergeant Pulleyn and Corporal Peabody each received the Distinguished Conduct Medal.“ C/U of actor playing Lieutenant Woolley throwing grenades. M/S showing the soldiers in the trench around him firing guns. M/S of soldiers approaching the camera as they move through a wood. Shots are fired, shells explode. M/S of men firing from a trench behind barbed wire. “For a moment the 4th Ontarios waver.“ The men seem to retreat. Their Commanding Officer Lieut. Colonel Birchall carrying, after a fashion, a light