BUILDING AN IGLOO [Allocated Title]



  • Title: BUILDING AN IGLOO [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: AYY 396/10/2
  • Other titles: BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Men at the Middle East Ski and Mountaineering School at the Cedars near Tripoli, Syria [Lebanon] learn how to build a shelter.
  • Description: Men stamping the snow down while others dig and put blocks of snow in place. Shaping the snow blocks by chipping away with a hand and building the walls. A ski trooper throws on extra snow. Panning shot from the dome of the igloo to another. A trooper pats down snow on the dome of the igloo. Trooper coming out of the exit.
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1943-04-01
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office Film Unit (Production company) Rodwell, K (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Middle East Ski and Mountaineering School (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: Tripoli, Lebanon (geography) Middle East 1941-1944, Second World War (event) Middle East 1939-1945 (theme)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 90 ft; Running time: 1 min
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    AYY 396/10/2

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