Deserted Village (1948)

St Margaret’s Bay, Kent. Various shots of a deserted and derelict seaside village near Dover. The pre-war holiday resort was taken over by the War Office during World War II and used as a training ground in street fighting for commandos. Several shots of bomb damaged buildings, bullet holes in walls, broken windows, damaged hotels and a ruined veranda. Pan across a wreckage-strewn swimming pool. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé we