French troops walking single file across battlefield - a huge mess of mud and shell holes which rain has made giant puddles. Western Front. They are far from camera but I am sure they are walking on boards laid down over the muddy ground so that they can walk without getting hopelessly stuck. A few are pushing bicycles. Cataloguer's note: duplicate of item 'Muddy Waterlogged Battlefield' in ON 449 O on *PM2472*. 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
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