Desert Patrol (1940)

The desert patrol. Kalahari desert. South Africa. L/S camp of wooden huts in desert. C/U sign in English and Afrikaans, “S.A. POLICE WITDRAAI“. Various shots of a herd of camels running, grazing and being herded beside a desert oasis, they have numbers drawn on their necks. M/S policeman of the desert patrol fitting harness to camel, mounting and moving off. C/U camels’ hooves moving across sand of the desert. M/S of the three man desert camel patrol moving across sand dunes. Cataloguer’s note: the soundtrack to this item is missing. 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