Gardens And Guns Issue Title Is Side Line (1942)

Part of issue SIDE LINE. Location of events unknown. Coastal gunners based at an old fort turn moat into garden. Various shots of men digging and hoeing, making a vegetable patch. Suddenly the alarm is sounded, men drop their gardening tools and rush to their posts. Various shots of men loaded and firing shells. M/S of group of soldiers throwing one of the comrades into the air using a blanket. Various shots of soldier washing ancient pair of pants in a bucket. Note: fort looks like a Napoleonic “Redoubt“ fort - could be the one at Harwich, Essex? 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 (1926-19