Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown.
France, Christmas 1939.
Soldiers, presumably BEF (British Expeditionary Force), running along trenches, entering dugout mess. C/U shot of a sign outside reads "Cafe Anglais - Under Royal Patronage." Several men eating their Christmas dinner inside dugout mess. An air raid alert starts and they all run out. Various shots of antiaircraft gun crews taking their positions. Several shots of a 25 pdr artillery battery firing their guns.
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Description
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- Sound:
- Mute
- Media URN:
- 58300
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 608.18
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:03:37:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:46:40:00 / 01:50:17:00
- Canister:
- UN 195 E
- Sort Number:
- UN 0195 E
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Appears in...
- Categories
- War & Revolution
- WorkSpaces
- BEF Royal Air Force the first 6 (Ep.4) Wartime Christmases Wartime Christmases
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JasonC says
When the artillery battery fire their guns was this real or were they just demonstrating for the Pathe cameras?
Firing simply for a demonstration seems like a waste of resources potentially, yet it seems quite dangerous to have the cameraman above ground during fire no?
Jason