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Pontoon Bridges 1914-1918
Description
Egypt. 1914 - 1918
Several shots of a Pontoon bridge being built across the River Nile by Australian Anzac troops. Soldiers are standing on a section of the bridge that consists of wooden boards laid across 4 rowing boats. They remove some of the boards so they can get into the boats.
One...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Sarah
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 66057
- Sort Number:
- ON 192 H
- Time in/Out:
- 01:23:21:00 / 01:24:12:00
- Canister:
- ON 192 H
- Film ID:
- 2328.20
- Issue Date:
- 1914 - 1918
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- Bailey and Pontoons ANZACS Egypt5 Clandon Park
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