Damascus Shelled (1925)

Item title reads - Damascus shelled! Pathe Gazette presents first pictures obtained under great difficulty. Syria. Intertitle - ’a general view.’ L/S as the camera pans across the devastated city with buildings reduced to rubble. M/S of a church half standing. M/S as people walk about amongst the rubble. L/S as the camera pans across the rubble of various buildings. Note: there are two other similar versions of this item with the same title, one is black and white, the other orange tinted in G 1249 on *PM0436*. 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 Br