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Film: inspecting the troops, 1917

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The Right Honorable Walter Long, Secretary for the Colonies, inspects New Zealand troops near Bailleul, Belgium on 9 March 1917. These troops would have been involved in the battle for Messines which was fought near here three months later.

Video extract from Review of New Zealand Troops by Hon Walter Long, NZ Government / Pathé Frères, France, 1917. Extract courtesy of Imperial War Museum London, sourced from The New Zealand Film Archive / Nga Kaitiaki O Nga Taonga Whitiahua (Film Reference F18200).

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