Remains Of Hesss Aircraft (1941)

Unissued / Unused Material Pan shots of wreckage of the Messerschmitt Bf 110D plane in which Rudolf Hess flew to Britain. (Somers, neg). Cataloguer’s Note: This is part of one of the strangest stories of the War when Nazi leader Hess flew from Germany and landed in a farmer’s field in Scotland in May 1941 - MD. 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.