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Land Mine Explosion

Series

Series Name
Topical Budget

Issue

Issue No.
269-1
Date Released
18 Oct 1916
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1South London Heroes
  2. 2Hastings Sea Angling Festival
  3. 3Entertaining 6,000 Overseas Wounded
  4. 4Land Mine Explosion
  5. 5Occupying the Crater

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
[SUBTITLE]: "Officers of the Royal Engineers receive instruction in exploding land mines." Military exercise. Three men in trench, one turning a handle. Men run out of shelter along trench. Three officers look out of trench, then duck. Long shot of explosion. Two men put on gas masks, pick up canaries in boxes and enter shelter (notice above entrance reads ‘Baby Mine’).
Keywords
Military
Length of story (in feet)
71

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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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