Full title reads: "Piacenza. Bridge building at the Double! Italian sappers bridge 1,500 yard River Po in record time."

Piacenza, Italy.

Italian soldiers use muscles and teamwork to build a pontoon bridge across a river.

Troops carry pontoons down to the water. As the bridge stretches into the water the carry planks out at the double to extend the structure. Once the construction is finished a large number of troops march across to demonstrate its strength. A convoy of lorries are driven over the bridge.