Sujet

General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Greeting an Official Outside a Sandbagged Building, 1940. Creator: British Pathe Ltd.

Légende

General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Greeting an Official Outside a Sandbagged Building, 1940. Second World War - Evacuation of Dunkirk. 'Though loth to leave his fighting rear guard their commander Gort is already back in London. "At all costs", ordered Churchill, "the enemy is to be denied capture of a commander-in-chief".' From "Time To Remember - Run Rabbit Run", 1940 ( Reel 4); documentary film about events of early months of 1940.

Date

1940

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/British Pathe Limited

Notre référence

HRM24A37_472

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

56,3Mo (629,2Ko) / 42,0cm x 33,6cm / 4959 x 3967 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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