Footage of the remains of a downed Zeppelin wreck in France.
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Short Summary
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Description
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- Film ID:
- 1886.07
- Media URN:
- 72419
- Group:
- Old negatives
- Archive:
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 1917
- Sound:
- Mute
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration:
- 00:04:51:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:07:21:00 / 01:12:12:00
- Canister:
- ON 068 B
Unknown user says
Notes from a viewer: The description describes the film as showing the wreck of a Zeppelin. However, it is actually a combination of more than one wreck. The intact Zeppelin L.49, the name of which is visible in the film, crash landed 20th Oct 1917 near Bourbonne-Les-Bains and was captured by the French.
MikeAsh says
Ian Castle's book 'London 1914-17 The Zeppelin Menace' states (p.89) that Kapitanleutnant Gayer brought L.49 down in a wood in France after the last bombing raid by Zeppelins on London of WW1, where it was captured intact by French troops. As an R Class Zeppelin it was 649ft (216m) in length. The film shows some good detail of the engine units. The burned wreck may be that of L.45 which bombed London that same night but was damaged and brought down in a riverbed near Sisterons in southern France. There the crew set fire to the ship before surrendering to a group of French soldiers. L.44 was also burnt out.