A War Trophy (1920-1929)

A War Trophy - Birkenhead’s Own Captured German Gun. Merseyside. Very short film of a field gun used in World War One. Some police officers push it into place for a public display in a street or square. Crowd gathered to see the gun; which has a sign on top identifying it as having been used by the 7th Division at Loos on Sept. 25; 1915. Foggy; rainy day. No info as to whether this was filmed during or after the war but it is with other stories from the 1920s. Home front; weapons. 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