Feeding The French Army In The Trenches - Army Meal At The Front (1915)

Location of events unclear - somewhere on Western Front, probably Belgium. Meal time on the Western Front: food in the trenches. 2 French Army men cutting up gruesome lumps of meat using knives and a saw (looks like pork or beef). M/S of a giant pot with steam pouring out of open lid. Army cooks serve from pot with a big ladle; soldier steps up holding a cylindrical container, like a thermos, to be filled with stew. Another soldier steps up to be served. M/S of French soldiers walking along a narrow trench, some look up and smile at camera. Some appear to be carrying their meal containers. Meals; cooking; butchery. location Western Front; Belgium? Modified WPA record. 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, w
Back to Top