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Topical Budget 162-2: Artillery at Alost (1914)
 

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"ARTILLERY AT ALOST The sections of this film dealing with the National Crisis have been passed by the British Board of Film Censors. Reinforcements of Belgian Artillery advancing through Alost. Although not so large as the German guns, their fire is far more effective". Single shot of Belgian artillery pulled by teams of horses down a street. Filmed by Engholm? [The censor's statement appeared on all newsreel war footage at this time].