REPAIR WORK IN THE MARSHALLING YARDS AT CAEN RAILWAY STATION (PART 3) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: REPAIR WORK IN THE MARSHALLING YARDS AT CAEN RAILWAY STATION (PART 3) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 122-6
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  • Summary:
  • Description: In the bombed-out marshalling yards at Caen's main railway station, the Gare de l'État, labourers serving with No. 126 Pioneer Company scrape ash and cinders off the railway tracks in order to ascertain the condition of the railway sleepers underneath and clear debris thrown by bomb blast onto the rails. The members of the first shift watch the second shift work on as they sit and sip their mugs of tea.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: A70 122-6
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-08-12
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Johnson, John Norman1909 (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Pioneer Corps (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: transport, - rail (object name) Caen, Calvados, France (geography) Normandy, France (geography)
  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Silent Soundtrack language: None Title language: None Subtitle language: None
  • Technical Details: Format: 35mm Footage: 96 ft; Running time: 1 min
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