AMERICAN SOLDIERS ERECT EMERGENCY 'PHONE LINES [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: AMERICAN SOLDIERS ERECT EMERGENCY 'PHONE LINES [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: ACA 1
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  • Summary: US soldiers erect emergency field telephone lines.
  • Description: In addition to medium and close shots of soldiers working and climbing poles, there is a long shot of three soldiers working on three telegraph poles. Weather conditions good; no unit markings.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: ACA 1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-04-18
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Royal Air Force (Production company) Challis, Christopher George (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: United States Army (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: communications, United States military - wire (object name) engineering, military, United States: telephone lines (object name) GB, England (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 116 ft; Running time: 2 mins
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  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    ACA 1

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