Bef In France (1940)

Unused, unissued material paperwork dates it as 1940. France. Various shots show British troops digging as they build a railway line in France. As the camera moves along the line, the soldiers look up and wave their spades in the air. Several shots of British troops marching along a country road; a soldier is seen running along the road and up to the top of a bank to look over it. In a French town square, British officers and a high ranking French officer inspect the British Expeditionary Force and guns, artillery equipment. The French officer is seen saluting from a train as it starts to move off. FILM 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 (