Other titles:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Construction of the Alamein Line at Gazala.
Description: Men from the Indian and Malay Corps work drilling holes and blasting rock with gelignite. A man walks towards the camera and puts down piquets to mark the spot to be blasted. A sapper gives instructions to a native worker. The worker using a drill. Close-up of the drill boring into the rock. Man preparing a fuse. Gelignite and fuses being joined together. Men carrying fuses out of the picture. Close-up of the drilled hole and the sticks of gelignite. Hands pouring sand into the hole. The fuse being lit by the engineer. A piece of fuse burning right down to the ground. Explosions caused by the blasting. An engineer walks into the picture with two natives who jump into the hole and dig out the rubble. The drill trimming the hole. The hole is sandbagged. The men are supervised by Sapper Ferguson, a former miner from the Transvaal, now of the 11th Field South African Engineering Corps.
Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR [Allocated Series Title]
