Time lapse video with dramatic sky above CWCG Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery in Wijtschate village, Heuvelland

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Spanbroek mill  (molen is the Dutch word for mill) stood to the south-west of the village of Wijtschate. The cemetery lies slightly to the east of the original mill site, just south of the Wijtschate- Kemmel road. 58 soldiers from the United Kingdom are buried here, of whom six are unidentified. 57 of these soldiers died on the opening day of the Battle of Messines Ridge on 7 June 1917. The remaining soldier died on the second day of the battle. With one exception, all the casualties belonged to the 36th Ulster Division. The battlefield cemetery was destroyed during later fighting but was relocated after the war. However, six of the graves could no longer be found and the soldiers concerned are now commemorated by special memorials.

(Tourisme Heuvelland)

The cemetery is named after a windmill which stood nearby and contains the graves of men killed in action on the first (or, in three cases the second) day of the Battle of Messines in 1917. The cemetery was destroyed in subsequent operations but found again after the Armistice. There are 58 casualties of the First World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. Special memorials commemorate six servicemen who were known to have been buried in the cemetery but whose graves were later destroyed. The cemetery was designed by J R Truelove.

(CWCG)


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spanbroek01_5K+

spanbroek01_web

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Mov ProRes 422 HQ

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Additional information

Type of shot

Static time lapse

Resolution

5K+ 5184×3456, FHD 1920×1080, WEB 1080×720

Frame rate

25 fps

Season

Winter

Year captured

2015

Year published

2022

License

Commercial use on demand, Editorial use

Contributor

Thierry Provost

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World War One Flanders Fields : Spanbroekmolen British Cemetery - static time lapse
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