Engineers Clear The Way 1942

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Titles read: "ENGINEERS CLEAR THE WAY".

Location of events unknown.

Various shots show Royal Engineers out in a forest, marking trees and planning the route of a road. Bulldozers come in and start to push trees down in their path. Lorries and cars start to move along the forest road....

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44002
Sort Number:
42/060
Time in/Out:
01:49:38:00 / 01:50:34:00
Canister:
42/60
Film ID:
1332.30
Issue Date:
27/07/1942

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