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Bridge Building AKA Army Bridge Building… 1963
Description
River Thames, between Henley and Maidenhead, Oxfordshire/ Berkshire.
As part of an army exercise soldiers construct a bridge to cross Thames. Various shots of military vehicles driving through mud.
The soldiers, watched by their officers, float massive pontoons on river. The pontoons...
Data
- Time in/Out:
- 01:04:22:00 / 01:06:38:00
- Canister:
- CP 435
- Film ID:
- 229.04
- Issue Date:
- 28/04/1963
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