French And African Troops (1914-1918)

French and African troops. 2 French officers (or 1 French and 1 unidentified?) lead a line of African troops walking single file through narrow trench. MS French soldiers in a trench fortified with sandbags; bales of hay. Rifles are sticking through the bales. One soldier stands up to peek over the hay. 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.