Feathered Messengers (1942)

Titles read: “FEATHERED MESSENGERS“. Middle East. Various shots at a desert base of the Middle East Pigeon Service, where we see baskets of pigeons being loaded onto a land rover. The baskets are unloaded at a remote patrol outpost. The outpost has recently received information from a patrol that needs to be relayed back to headquarters. A message in code is attached to the leg of one of the pigeons and he sets off on his journey A man at the headquarters loft looks out for the pigeon and whistles to him. The pigeon lands and the message is taken from his leg. M/S of pigeons standing outside their coops for ’Pigeon Coop Inspection’. One pigeon is seen with a small chick. 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, wh