’big Bertha’ Captured (1914-1918)

’Big Bertha’ captured. Paris, France. The huge German gun called Big Bertha; which bombed Paris from a distance of 71 miles; is captured; and put on display in the city it bombed. Pan past some railway cars; crowd beside; on to a big gun; pointing up; crowd completely filling street around. A bunch of men; most in civilian clothing; a few women present;all in front of side of gun; painted on gun Captured by British 4th Army. August 6; 1918. World War One; weapons. 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