Royal Engineers on the Go

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1775A
Date Released
13 Jun 1963
Date submitted
10 Jun 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Engineers on the Go!. DESCRIPTION: Raising the dust at the Royal Military School of Engineering:- the annual demonstration at Chatham, by the Royal Engineers. The function of the engineers is destructive as well as constructive. The engineers have perfected a number of ways of bridging gaps, developing their military role, which is to help the Army to live, to move and to fight. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV helicopter landing. GV pan - men out of armoured cars. GV men over bridge. MS helicopter laying mines. GV bridge blows up. GV pan - troops out of armoured cars. MLS tank fills cavity in ground and drives over it. MS NATO officers watching. MLS bridge fixed over river. MS officers watching. MLS tank over bridge. Men in car (2 shots). MS car past camera (4 shots). MS officers watching. MS car down dip. This was a demonstration by The Royal School of Military Engineering. NATO officers were watching.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Engineering; Military
Locations
Dorset; Chatham
Card file number
86728
Credits:
Commentator
Jeffrey K. Shearley
Length of story (in feet)
116
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Royal Engineers on the Go', British Movietone News Issue No. 1775A, 13 Jun 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25133 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)