Troops In Belgium - May 1940 (1940)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown. Belgium. British soldiers giving soup to Belgian refugees. Several C/U shots of the people’s faces as they drink. One woman tries several times - several takes! This is a carefully staged event! Several shots of the refugees walking along a road in the countryside. A short sequence showing heavily bombed town buildings, British soldiers are on the streets. (Lav.) 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