Hoisting Hermann (1945)

Full title reads: “HOISTING ’HERMANN’“. Croydon, Surrey. The excavation of a 4000 pound unexploded bomb in progress. Lifting the fin of ’Hermann’ from shaft. Sign saying ’Keep Clear Unexploded Bomb’. Soldiers at bottom of shaft. Pumping water from the shaft. Shots of the buried bomb in the mud. (Mute & Track Negs) 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 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.