Trench Of Bayonets (1920)

Verdun, France. Intertitle: “The TRENCH of BAYONETS whose heroic defenders sleep where they fell - an imperishable episode in the epic defence of the Fortress - inaugurated by President Millerand“. M/S of a party of officials, including the French premier, walking down into a trench watched by a crowd. M/S looking in the doorway of a concrete bunker, inside are several concrete crosses and wreaths. M/S looking outside from in the bunker of the crowds at the top of the trenches. Low angled shot of a wooden cross covered in wreaths. M/S of soldiers and civilians walking under a large concrete arch over the trench - appears to have writing engraved on it, could be a war memorial. 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,