Damage To Buildings In Paris (1917-1918)

World War One. War damage in Paris, France. Bombed building with gaping hole at ground floor level. Balcony collapsed, British soldier in foreground. Two men in foreground standing by some big black contraption, crowd in background. Shot of round hole in building with part of a stairway visible through it. American cataloguer’s note: destruction is by shells from the huge German gun, nicknamed “Big Bertha“. 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 t