Air Pictures Of Destroyed Town Of Mont St. Eloy (1916)

World War One: damage of war. Mont St. Eloy, France (?). Biplane aeroplane on ground; pilot hands down large movie camera to man on ground. Following aerial shot the pilot took of the town of Mont St. Eloy; showing massive damage and destruction due to bombing. Some buildings are flattened, some have just walls standing. One of the buildings looks like a church. Modified WPA record. 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 British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé webs