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Summary: A film on the assembly of a Nissen hut, probably 1917.
Description: Men of the Royal Engineers, watched by three officers (one of them a colonel with a staff armband) assemble a Nissen hut, which is described as being "cool in summer and warm in winter" and as housing twenty-four men.
Production Details: War Office Cinema Committee (Production sponsor)
Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service)
Keywords: buildings, British - military: Nissen hut (object name)
engineering, military, British (object name)
01/3(4-15).6 (event)
France (geography)
Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W
Sound format: Silent
Soundtrack language: None
Title language: English
Subtitle language: English
Technical Details: Format: 35mm
Number of items/reels/tapes: 1
Footage: 344 ft; Running time: 6 mins
HD Media:Yes
Notes: Remarks: an inadequate film, which fails to explain either the precise method of construction of a Nissen hut, the principles on which it is designed, or the uses to which it can be put.