
Consisting of reports shot in Senegal and Burkina Faso and archival documents, this film offers a new approach to history through in particular the testimonies of the surviving veterans of the 200,000 soldiers raised in West Africa for the Great War. Precious historical documents, often unpublished, such as the boarding of troops in Dakar, the crossing to France, life in the trenches.
Les Combattants africains de la grande guerre was directed by Laurent Dussaux.
Les Combattants africains de la grande guerre runs for 1h 22min, and was released in 1983.
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