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Topical Budget 295-1: Destroyed by the Huns (1917)
 

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"DESTROYED BY THE HUNS. Some of the late inhabitants of the town receiving advice from the military authorities. Field guns on their way to avenge the town". French soldiers, some on horseback, seen in bomb-damaged street . A bomb-damaged house (still standing but no windows). Street sign reads 'Lichtspiele Roye'. A soldier points out damage to another man (?) or offers advice on how to keep the structure safe (?). Soldiers with a family and children in the street. Pan right of a large parade of French soldiers in the countryside. A French general decorates the standard of a French regiment [no field guns seen].