Bombardment Of Alderney (1944)

Unissued / unused material - dates and location unclear or unknown. Alderney, Channel Islands. Various shots onboard Royal Navy warship. Anti-aircraft gunners get ready for action. Pan across sign ’Faulknor’ - presumably this is HMS Faulknor. VS of large warship bombarding the Channel Island of Alderney, which was under German occupation. MS of guns on Faulknor being loaded with shells. CU of officer with telescope. More shots of warships in the English Channel, the island in the background is presumably Alderney. 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