Western Front (1914-1918)

Western Front. France or Belgium. French army’s trenches. CU a missile in shallow trench; w/ soldier next to it who has just lit it but quickly gets out of the way and the picture. Next; French soldiers going over the top; running out of trench and away from camera. Corpses or else severely wounded men; lying in ditch & hillside. Soldiers carrying wounded on stretchers DS men walking through narrow trench on right then turning & going up steps on left. Red Cross emblem on sign lying on ground above. German prisoners walking; guarded by French. CU German POWs; stand; 1 smoking; others just looking tired. Casualties. World War One. FILM ID:1924.2 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