Sujet

British Soldiers Manning a Machine Gun on an Improvised Armoured Miniature Train, 1940. Creator: British Pathe Ltd.

Légende

British Soldiers Manning a Machine Gun on an Improvised Armoured Miniature Train, 1940. Second World War. 'They began as local defence volunteers. Their combined ages probably totalled more than the whole history of the island they were out to defend. Soon they were to be called the Home Guard, and reach a strength of a million and a half men. But in that summer of 1940, they had neither the strength, nor the proper weapons. Only a resolve: to die, if need be, and in their dying, to take at least one with them. And many the games they had playing at war under the threat of the real thing...Little question that would-be invaders [ie the Germans] would have had to endure bitter resistance. Improvisation. Even the once tourist-laden toy train of Dymchurch now bore armour plate, guns, and determined men'. From "Time To Remember - Standing Alone", 1940 (Reel 2); documentary film about events of later months of 1940.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/British Pathe Limited

Notre référence

HRM24A38_105

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Non

Property release

Non

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

57,2Mo (974,3Ko) / 42,0cm x 34,1cm / 4959 x 4029 (300dpi)

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