Saturday, 31 May 2025

Advertisement poster for Peugeot cycles by Ernest Vuillemin (1873-1928)

 France, circa 1900 - Chromolithography

Museum of the Great War, Meaux - 2006.1.12572
©Great War Museum, Meaux


The Light That Failed (1939 film)

Wiki A film partly set in the Sudan based on a Rudyard Kipling novel.

Thursday, 29 May 2025

The Battle of Abu Klea (1885) - Mahdist War - Gordon Relief Expedition... clip from Khartoum (1966)

 A report in The Times newspaper says that Burnaby "fell while reforming a broken British square" (this being one of only two recorded cases of a British square breaking in the 19th century).

The Four Feathers (1939) FULL MOVIE Ralph Richardson

 Wiki. One of the best British historical films. Action scenes from this movie pop up in later films. 

Young Winston (1972) ~ Battle of Omdurman (Cavalry charge)

 The Sudan is covered in a lot of big movies - this one - Khartoum, and most spectacularly in the 30s version of the Four Feathers. 

The Mahdists Ian Knight/Richard Scollins

 From Military Modelling thanks to Stephen Tindle. 




Raphael Tuck postcard

 


Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Die Dreissiger e.V.

Facebook "Die Dreissiger" e.V. sind der Traditionsverein des Königlich Preußischen Infanterieregiments Graf Werder ( 4. Rhein.) Nr. 30

Monday, 26 May 2025

Warfare in the age of steam

 On May 24, the Schwarzwasser and Preßnitz valleys were once again shrouded in steam locomotive smoke and gunpowder fumes. The Military Historical Representation Society visited the Pressnitz Valley Railway and took actors, visitors, and photographers on a journey back to 1863.

Camera: Michael Franke, Annika Taute Editing: Annika Taute