Us War Surplus In France (1940-1949)

France. Long shot of a massive dump of surplus American war equipment somewhere in France. Pan along lines of jeeps, tanks, artillery guns, lorries etc. Long shots of the German prisoners of war (they have PW on back of their jackets) entering the damp under supervision of the American guards. Several shots of the POW’s piling mass of large tyres in lines. 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 content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
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