French Offensive Launched (1925)

Item title reads - French offensive launched. Pathe cameraman obtains - at risk - remarkable pictures of attack on Riff tribesmen in Aster village. On the Riff front. L/S of soldiers firing cannons, L/S of explosions in the village. M/S of the wounded soldiers, two men help another along. M/S of two men on seats attached to a donkey. Intertitle - ’Some of the desperately injured are rushed to ambulances in the rear by aeroplane.’ M/S of men riding a donkey up a hill, M/S as an aeroplane comes into land. M/S of Marshal Lyautey and another man walking out of a building. M/S of them chatting together. L/S of explosions in the town again. M/S of a man stood on rock watching people walking along. 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 hist
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