Unit Bridge Building

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
539A
Date Released
5 Oct 1939
Date submitted
2 Oct 1939
Date submitted
28 Sep 1939
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Tientsin Floods
  2. 2Routine and Fitness in the RAF
  3. 3A World Champion Entertains
  4. 4Services Hair Fashions
  5. 5Nurses New Uniforms
  6. 6Double Stretcher
  7. 7Gas-Bag Car
  8. 8Anti-Tank Gun Practice
  9. 9Unit Bridge Building
  10. 10Ladies - ‘Shun!
  11. 11Our Young Army Trains
  12. 12A Plea to Abolish Officious Secrecy

Story

Story No. within this Issue
9 / 12
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Emergency Bridge Construction. DESCRIPTION: Sectional steel bridges will be used to make rapid repairs to damaged bridges. SHOTLIST: Various shots of the sectionised bridges and equipment which are to replace those which would be destroyed in the event of an air raid.
Keywords
Engineering
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
37521
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
20
Story extras:
Film clip

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