Souilly - France Despatch Riders (1914-1918)

Despatch riders on Western Front. Pan along group of men - (Belgian soldiers?) - standing by their motorcycles. Flash title frame about ’Intrepid automobilist’ ..... Shot of a car & driver entirely covered with mud. Driver wears a close-fitting hat & goggles. CU wheel in mud. This man has made a brave dash carrying messages; keeping lines of communications open etc. Looks like he could have just been through some really bad weather - a giant mud puddle. FILM ID:2342.3 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 e