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  • Short Summary

    Heavily bombed town, firemen fighting with fire, dead men and horses on streets.

  • Description

    Location Unknown / Unclear - France?

    Date on clapper board 27/08/1944.

    Long panning shot along street with heavily bombed buildings seen. Firemen trying to put down fire, building smoking, rubble and destruction everywhere. More shots of the firemen playing with hoses, pan along town showing many destroyed building, park, some monuments, rubble, many dead bodies and dead horses scattered around.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    2161.02
    Media URN:
    64014
    Group:
    Unissued unused
    Archive:
    British Pathe
    Issue Date:
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:53:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:02:22:00 / 01:04:15:00
    Canister:
    UN 1180 C

Comments (1)

  1. jamied says

    The footage here was shot by a cameraman named as "Crocker", on 27 August 1944.

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