Miners Train Pigeons Item Title Is Ancient And Modern (1939)

Part of ANCIENT AND MODERN issue. North of England (exact location unknown). Racing pigeons recruited for war effort by ARP (Air Raid Precautions). Coal Miner Mr Dickson (aka Dixon) donates some of his pigeons to war officials as emergency message carriers. Various shots of officials training birds to carry coded messages tied to their feet. We see the birds being released and flying back to Mr D, who removes the message. Various shots of Mr D feeding his pigeons. 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 conte