Title:REPAIR WORK IN THE MARSHALLING YARDS AT CAEN RAILWAY STATION (PART 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:A70 120-18
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Summary: Additional coverage of the restoration of damaged SNCF locomotives in the marshalling yards at the Gare de l'Etat in Caen.
Description: Two engineers attempt to jack a derailed locomotive tender back onto the rails. A group of sappers and French railway workers take time off from their labours to have a communal mug of tea. Then the work on restoring a damaged locomotive engine for Allied use resumes.
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 Engineers (regiment/service)
British Army, Royal Pioneer Corps (regiment/service)
Keywords: transport, - rail (object name)
transport, French civilian - rail: locomotives and rolling stock (object name)
Caen, Calvados, France (geography)
Normandy, France (geography)