| DEMONSTRATION OF MILITARY ENGINEERING Men of the Royal Engineers Show Off Skills at Crossing Rivers and Blowing Things Up | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6417 |
| Catalog #: | 260473 | |
| Clip Number: | 260473-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 40/40 | |
| Timecode: | 01:44:07 - 01:45:17 | |
| Location: | United Kingdom | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENGINEERING: Bridges, Temporary LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England MILITARY: Army, British OCCUPATIONS: Engineer WEAPONS: Mines, Land Mine WORLD WAR TWO, MILITARY: Weapons | |
| Description: | DEMONSTRATION OF MILITARY ENGINEERING Men of the Royal Engineers Show Off Skills at Crossing Rivers and Blowing Things Up United Kingdom VS of army Royal Engineers demonstrating their latest methods for crossing a river one by means of collapsible boats and the other with the aid of small floating pontoons and connecting planks that enable a squad of men to cross. MSs. and CUs. of engineers at work digging shallow pits and laying land mines. CU Soldier showing his camouflage helmet and the hole which he hides in. His helmet matches the field in which he is entrenched. LSs.& MSs. of land mines exploding in field and demolishing two telegraph poles in the field. LS of large explosion. | |
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