Invasion: Convoys Push Into France (1944)

Unused / unissued material. Allied invasion of occupied Europe - liberation of France. Various shots convoy of British army trucks advancing through rural France. Point of view shot from behind truck driver’s seat. Road sign to Caen. The convoy passes through town where many buildings have been reduced to rubble, trucks pass building with columns and tall statue. More shots convoy going along country roads, passing civilians on bicycles. The convoy passes signs to Falaise, Argenta, Versailles and Paris. Some shots of prisoners in a field being rounded up by Allied soldiers. 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