Dortan: Badly Damaged Town (1946)

Unissued / Unused material. Town of Dortan destroyed by Germans on 21 July 1944. France. Various shots shells of buildings. M/S’s as walls are demolished because they are not safe. M/S wall collapsing. Various shots of blasting and clearing. Pan from ruins to new wooden buildings in rows. C/U sign ’Dortan’. M/S children going to wooden school, interior shots of them in classroom. Various shots as prisoners of war make chessmen in workshop, cutting the wood and shaping it etc. M/S two men playing chess outdoors. C/U chess game. 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 (1931-195