Sujet
French Refugees Fleeing Town Down Country Roads, British Forces Moving Past Them, 1940. Creator: British Pathe Ltd.
Légende
French Refugees Fleeing Town Down Country Roads, British Forces Moving Past Them, 1940. Second World War. 'The citizen who clings to his house, the farmer to his farm, blast their roots and they'll take to the road...So that, as the British moved forward on their mission of rescue, they were met with streams of refugees, clogging the all-important roads. Men, women and children, in need of all the rations a soft-hearted Tommy [ie British soldier] might be tempted to give'. French roads were planted with trees, supposedly to provide ample shade for Napoleon's marching troops. From "Time To Remember - Run Rabbit Run", 1940 ( Reel 2); documentary film about events of early months of 1940.
Date
1940
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/British Pathe Limited
Notre référence
HRM24A38_343
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
56,3Mo (1021,8Ko) / 42,0cm x 33,6cm / 4959 x 3967 (300dpi)