The First Battle of Ypres

November 1, 2014 9:49 AM

British Pathe has made a silent film dramatizing the First Battle of Ypres available on their website. They have cataloged all of their WWI films. Personal favorites are: "Wounded Horses Recover" and "Horse Breaking by American Cowboy Soldiers".
posted by TheProudAardvark (5 comments total)

Shortly after enlisting in the Canadian army, my grandfather was ordered to break mustangs, since he was a "colonial" and must know all about such things. It nearly killed him.
posted by Kevin Street at 10:44 AM on November 1, 2014 [6 favorites]

Is anyone getting the videos to play if Firefox/Mac? They play fine in Safari, but the Flow Player in FF can't seem to load the videos.
posted by Thorzdad at 12:19 PM on November 1, 2014

Can't get them to run in chrome on my nexus.
posted by biffa at 12:22 PM on November 1, 2014

I wonder if they were real cowboys, or if the European soldiers just thought all Americans were cowboys.
posted by ChuraChura at 12:31 PM on November 1, 2014 [1 favorite]

Shortly after enlisting in the Canadian army, my grandfather was ordered to break mustangs, since he was a "colonial" and must know all about such things.


My great-grandfather had a similar experience- he was Scottish, and was enlisted in the Scots Guards. Of course, his uniform in the trenches was that natural garment of the Scotsman- the kilt. He was a butcher from Glasgow, and had never worn a kilt in his life. Needless to say, it was not the ideal garment during the winter of 1917.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 8:39 PM on November 1, 2014 [2 favorites]