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  • Short Summary

    Ruined factory or warehouse buildings in Belgium.

  • Description

    Dixmunde, Belgium - wrecked houses.

    Shot of 2 walls partially standing of totally hollowed out 4 or 5-storey building - could have been warehouse or factory. Shot of one long wall with many windows - 8 across & 4 down; rubble in FG; light coming through windows.

    Another great shot reducing war to human level; w/ extreme contrast; juxtaposition etc. A young girl sits straddling a huge bomb shell - funny but terrible.

    Children. War damage; destruction. Bomb damaged. Ruins.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1922.34
    Media URN:
    73375
    Group:
    Old negatives
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    1914 - 1918
    Sound:
    Silent
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:00:20:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:40:26:00 / 01:40:46:00
    Canister:
    ON 142 K

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  1. Pieter Mannaerts says

    The town's name is Dixmude (in French) or Diksmuide (in current Dutch; "Dixmuide" in old Dutch spelling).
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