Dixmunde Belgium (1914-1918)

Dixmunde, Belgium - wrecked houses. Shot of 2 walls partially standing of totally hollowed out 4 or 5-storey building - could have been warehouse or factory. Shot of one long wall with many windows - 8 across & 4 down; rubble in FG; light coming through windows. Another great shot reducing war to human level; w/ extreme contrast; juxtaposition etc. A young girl sits straddling a huge bomb shell - funny but terrible. Children. War damage; destruction. Bomb damaged. Ruins. 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 cont
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