Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: The 4/5th Pioneers, 197 Company, Pioneer Corps and the 1/5 Royal Engineers of the 14th Airfield Construction Group, Royal Engineers constructing an airfield at Le Kef, Tunisia.
Description: Two Pioneers pegging down a track. A Pioneer digging out a trench. Pioneers laying haunching stones. A dumper coming in for a load of stones. Three men throwing stones into the dumper. Hands picking up large stones from the pile. Several Pioneers camouflaging the coir underlay on the main runway by brushing with green paint. A small excavator digging out a pit for a Bofors gun. Excavated earth being thrown out of the side of the excavator. The excavator scoops being lowered and biting into the earth. Close-up of laid track. A view down the middle of the main runway. A Spitfire parked in a dispersal bay. The Spitfire taking off directly over the camera. A bulldozer towing a scraper. The cutting edge of the scraper scrapes along the ground forcing loose earth upwards. The earth is carried on to the fair weather safety track along the main runway and is spread out to fill hollows. The scraper dumping earth in a hollow. Pioneers rolling out the Sommerfeld track in a dispersal bay. Two Pioneers carrying in lacing bars. A Pioneer pushes the lacing bar through the loops on the end of the track and another threads the end of the lacing bar through the track. Tapping the end of the lacing bar for the end of the threading operation. Men working on various jobs in laying the track. Three men driving in pickets. Two men scattering earth over a completed crossover. Two men working on a Sherman tank. Valentine tanks moving on the testing ground.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company)
Radford, John H. B. (Sergeant) (Production individual)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Engineers, 14th Airfield Construction Group (regiment/service)
British Army, Pioneer Corps, 197 Company (regiment/service)
Keywords: Le Kef, Tunisia (geography)
Tunisia 1942-1943, North Africa, Second World War (event)
North Africa 1939-1945 (theme)
