| DITCH DIGGING MACHINE COULD BE USED IN WAR aka TRENCHING MACHINE | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5102 | |
| Catalog #: | 365234 | |
| Clip Number: | 365234-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 11 N | |
| Timecode: | 01:40:02 - 01:41:11 | |
| Location: | United States of America. | |
| Year Shot: | 1916 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Equipment INVENTIONS: Mechanical LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA WORLD WAR ONE, MILITARY: Trench Warfare | |
| Description: | DITCH DIGGING MACHINE COULD BE USED IN WAR aka TRENCHING MACHINE United States of America. Technology; a new invention: ditch or trench digging machine; which could be put to use in the war. It works by tearing up very neatly a long strip of earth c. 2 feet deep & 1 foot wide. Shown here operated by a team of workers; in a large flat field in American midwest. Front view of machine moving forward; passing. Men in back; 2 riding on long low back of the thing; and others at the side; pulling over earth it has churned up. CU of earth coming up; and men at work. Shot from behind showing the long trench being dug. More CUs of men working. World War One. United States. agriculture. | |


