Western Front Christmas, 1915

Christmas scenes on the Western Front, probably 1915. The Prince of Wales leaves a house to enter a car. A steam pump in operation by a canal lock, probably the Yser Canal. Troops, possibly new arrivals, entering billets. A field kitchen. Soldiers digging. A "Christmas ride to Berlin" showing British soldiers riding horses while wearing gasmasks. A horse obstacle-race. A ""ride of the Amazons"" of soldiers wearing skirts riding through shallow water. A ship coming into harbour. An RHA troop waiting to move off. British soldiers using a hand pump to clear a waterlogged trench. The date of Christmas 1915 is uncertain, but the format is that of early British official film, and Christmas 1916 seems too late. Also, there is the Prince of Wales, recorded by Malins as filmed at Christmas 1915.

西线战场的圣诞场景，拍摄时间大概率为1915年。内容涵盖：威尔士亲王（Prince of Wales）离开房屋登上汽车；伊瑟运河（Yser Canal）沿岸船闸旁运转的蒸汽泵；疑为新抵达兵员的部队进入宿营营房；野战厨房（Field Kitchen）；士兵挖掘工事；“圣诞骑行赴柏林（Christmas ride to Berlin）”场景——英军士兵佩戴防毒面具骑马行进；骑兵障碍竞速赛；“亚马逊骑行（ride of the Amazons）”场景——身着裙装的士兵蹚过浅水区；一艘驶入港口的船只；皇家骑乘炮兵（Royal Horse Artillery, RHA）部队正待命出发；英军士兵使用手摇水泵排干被水淹没的战壕内的积水。1915年圣诞节的拍摄日期尚无定论，但该片的格式符合英国早期官方影片的特征，1916年圣诞节的时间节点则过晚。此外，影片中出现的威尔士亲王经马林斯（Malins）记录，确为1915年圣诞节期间拍摄的画面。