Ruins (1914-1918)

Ruins. France. Pan right on wall (intact); w/ fallen tree branch in front; then rubble in the yard of next building. CU wall with damage from shelling and one hole; also ivy w/ leaves burned off Old Woman in headscarf & long skirt; peasant look; walks in back of some damaged thatch-roof cottages; haphazard stick fence; the old woman arranges a small wreath on a grave w/ a cross marker; then walks off on left. Looking up at church that was bombed; w/ broken windows. 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
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