Titles read: “WAR GAME - LARGEST PEACETIME US ARMY MANEUVER [sic]“. Desoto National Forest, Louisiana, United States of America. Various shots of army manoeuvres in Desoto National Forest near the Mississippi River as troops attempt to capture New Orleans. Soldiers ride through the forest on horses and fire large military guns. Tanks of the defending army move across forest clearings. 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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