TOPICAL BUDGET 221-1 (item) [Main Title]

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  • Title: TOPICAL BUDGET 221-1 (item) [Main Title]
  • Film Number: NTB 221-1
  • Other titles:
  • Summary: Belgian sappers build pontoon bridge.
  • Description: 'BELGIAN ENGINEERS IN THE FIELD: Belgian engineers erecting bridges over the rivers in Flanders. This work is vital to an army and has to be carried out in some cases under heavy shell fire'. A montage of shots show the Belgian soldiers constructing a bridge. The setting is rural and most of the materials seem to have been taken from the surrounding woodland.
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  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: Yes
  • Object_Number: NTB 221-1
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (NTB 221-1)
  • Featured Period: 1914-1918
  • Production Date: 1915-11-17
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: War Office (Production sponsor) Topical Film Company (Production company)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: Belgian Army, Engineers (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: engineering, military, Belgian: pontoon bridge building (object name) Belgium (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 58 ft; Running time: 1 min
  • HD Media:Yes
  • Link to IWM Collections page:

    NTB 221-1

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