Us Engineers Prep Airstrip 1943

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Unused / unissued material - date and locations unclear or unknown.

Various shots show US sappers preparing an air strip with construction vehicles. They knock down trees with bulldozers and dig with shovels and pneumatic drills.

L/S of DC3 plane on airstrip with medics trucks beside...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
61675
Sort Number:
UN 0849 C
Time in/Out:
01:46:58:00 / 01:52:41:00
Canister:
UN 849 C
Film ID:
1957.15
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