Defence Of Damascus (1925)

Item title reads - Defence of Damascus. French troops - barricades and armed posts - now circle the town in view of threatened attack by rebels. Syria. L/S of a building which has been left half standing. M/S as the camera pans across people stood amidst the rubble. Soldiers stand in front of walls. L/S of barbed wire and posts in front of a street, the camera pans across them. M/S of a wall with sandbags on top, M/S of a gun behind it and soldiers standing around. L/S of the barricades and city beyond, a horse and cart passes by. Various shots of the soldiers at barricades and defences, one soldier stands guard outside a building with the windows shattered, a little boy plays behind him. 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