Farmer Hero Who Captured Rudolf Hess (1941)

Unused / unissued material - location and dates unclear or unknown. Scotland. VS of the Scottish farmer who captured Rudolf Hess after he parachuted onto his land. We see him ploughing and posing for camera. GV of the farm where Hess landed. (Neg.) Cataloguer’s Note: This is part of one of the strangest stories of the War when Nazi leader Hess flew from Germany and landed in a farmer’s field in Scotland in May 1941 - MD. 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