Sappers in Action

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
207
Date Released
15 Dec 1958
Date recorded
7 Nov 1958
Length of issue (in feet)
756
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
Pathe synopsis: Something new, too, in the realm of warfare - a demonstration of how to get an armoured car across a river. The modern method is to call on helicopters, which bring, first, a team of sappers; second, all the makings of a raft. The raft is then assembled, the armoured car driven on and paddled across to the other side.
Keywords
Engineering; Military
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
David De Keyser
Length of story (in feet)
322
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Sappers in Action', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 207, 15 Dec 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/120655 (Accessed 24 Sep 2025)