French Alpine Troops (1940)

Unused / unissued material - dates unclear or unknown. France. Various shots of patrol of French alpine troops. They are wearing white and are travelling on skis. The move through the snow covered landscape in a wooded area. More shots of them as they fall to the ground and take up firing positions with their guns. Shots of the Bren machine gun team firing (some of the look to be of North African origin). More shots of the patrol on the move skiing past the camera. 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 195