Anti Aircraft Gun Pit In France - 1939 (1939)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown. France. Various shots of Bofor gun crew on training. They follow imaginary aircraft but do not fire. Crew is wearing gas capes and they put their gas masks on. These are presumably BEF (British Expeditionary Force) on training in France. (Neg.) Note: Although the film is quite damaged, there are some nice C/U shots of the men navigating and putting their gas masks on. 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