ROYAL ENGINEERS REPAIRING AIR RAID DAMAGE [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: ROYAL ENGINEERS REPAIRING AIR RAID DAMAGE [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 64
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: 588th Army Works Company (under command of Major Lewis) and 710th General Construction Company (under command of Major Hillborne), Royal Engineers, damming canal at Coventry. Laying emergency water mains overground and taking up tramlines. 217th General Construction Company (under command of Major Biggins) demolishing PO bridge in Birmingham.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: AYY 64
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1940-12-02
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Carver, F K (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 402 ft; Running time: 5 mins
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    AYY 64

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