German Prisoners Digging Out Field Gun (1940)

Location Unknown / Unclear. German prisoners walking through street of unknown town. Several shots of the town being shelled, mountain in background. Several shots of the British troops observing German prisoners digging out mud to help pull artillery gun out of mud on side of the road. They manage to pull the gun out on the road. 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.