RUBBLE FROM THE WRECKED SCHNEIDER STEELWORKS AT LES COLOMBELLES IS USED FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION (PART 2) [Allocated Title]

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  • Title: RUBBLE FROM THE WRECKED SCHNEIDER STEELWORKS AT LES COLOMBELLES IS USED FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
  • Film Number: A70 108-2
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  • Summary:
  • Description: Among the ruins of the Schneider steelworks at Les Colombelles, an industrial suburb of Caen, pioneers and sappers are seen at work; pioneers feed rubble and lumps of masonry into a stone crusher. The enormous amounts of stone chippings produced by the process are seen being piled high into large heaps by RE- manned bulldozers. The chips are then transferred into waiting tipper lorries by a mechanical grab; one such vehicle is seen heading off to a nearby road construction site.
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  • Colour: B&W
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  • Object_Number: A70 108-2
  • Sound: Silent
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM
  • Featured Period: 1939-1945
  • Production Date: 1944-07-31
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: Directorate of Public Relations, War Office (Production sponsor) Army Film and Photographic Unit (Production company) Smales, Edgar Hiram1920-08-071984-09-19 (Production individual)
  • Personalities, Units and Organisations: British Army, Royal Engineers (regiment/service) British Army, Corps 1 (regiment/service)
  • Keywords: transport, - engineering: bulldozer (object name) destruction, French military - area: bomb (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: 93 ft; Running time: 1 min
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