SAPPER REUNION FILM [Main]
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Anno: 1951
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Durata: 14 mins
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Descrizione: Not all of the material is of Royal Engineers. The opening shows Kitchener inspecting new recruits in London, and later on the Western Front. Royal Engineers dig, plant and explode a large mine under the German positions on the Western Front. Various examples of sappers repairing trenches and laying light railways. Sappers in Palestine laying telegraph wires and railway lines, including a view from a moving train of the finished railway. Pontoon bridges in Mesopotamia. Early Mark I tanks in training. The Victory Parade through the streets of London in 1919, including the Royal Engineers contingent. Finally, inland water transport barges on the Western Front and in Egypt.
Stockshot material of Royal Engineers in the First World War.
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Parole chiave: EFG1914 / World War I / British Army, Royal Engineers / engineering, military, British / 01/3(4-15) / 01/3(567) / 01/3(569).6 / GB, England / France / World War, 1914-1918 -- France / Palestine / World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Palestine / Mesopotamia
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Fonte esterna: Imperial War Museums
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Diritti: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
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Colori: Black & White
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Sound: Without sound
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