Other titles:ROADS NEAR THE INVASION EMBARKATION PORTS ARE PREPARED FOR HEAVY TRAFFIC (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Summary:Two sequences giving additional coverage to Sergeant Johnson's material showing trials at Barton Stacey Petrol Warfare Department experimental station, and more of the widening of a bridge on the A36 Salisbury- Southampton road.
Description:I. Phosphorus bombs explode in weirdly beautiful patterns in the air 50-100 feet above ground during the testing of an experimental 7.92-inch self-propelled mortar. A serviceman drops a bomb into the mortar mounted whose specially-adapted Valentine tank chassis rolls slightly with the force of the recoil.
II. Wiltshire County Council workmen are seen building an extension to the width of a bridge on the A36. A US Army Diamond T 4-ton dump lorry tows a trailer carrying a bulldozer tractor across the bridge while the men are at work; note that the bulldozer's blade is carried in the dump lorry itself.
Alternative Title:ROADS NEAR THE INVASION EMBARKATION PORTS ARE PREPARED FOR HEAVY TRAFFIC (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Colour:B&W
Digitised:Yes
Object_Number:A70 9-2
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:IWM
Film: IWM
Featured Period:1939-1945
Production Date:1944-04-20-1944-04-20
Production Country:GB
Production Details:Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor)
Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company)
Connolly, J R (Production individual)
