Navy Drill In Snow Storm AKA Squad Drill (1917)

Squad drill. Chatham, Kent (?) World War One. Royal Navy group drill in a blizzard at Chatham. Men trot out through the snow; march around in formation; as intense snowstorm rages. Funny shot of the sailors doing a zigzag walk toward camera. Winter; weather; storm; cold. (G 410 B) 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 website.