They Wish Each Ring Were A Hun (1917)

Location unknown. World War One. Opens with backwards title frame; then crossed out frame; before the real film: Bayonet practice. Row of soldiers carrying rifles with bayonets advance between posts; some of which have rings on top. They run toward camera; stab at something on ground (off screen) and pick the rings off with their bayonets. Pathe’s title: ’They wish each ring were a Hun!’ Infantry; battle; practice; military. G 418 B. 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 fo