News on Screen

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

167A

Date Released

18 Aug 1932

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. August Sun Finds Seaside Exultant
• 2. Plague of Locusts Visits Africa
• 3. Royal Engineers Throw a Bridge
• 4. Republic Exults in Confusion of Foes
• 5. History Rolls Back at Fountains Abbey
• 6. Italian Fleet Holds Summer Exercises
• 7. Cornes Makes His Effort Too Late

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Royal Engineers Throw a Bridge. DESCRIPTION: Sappers at Wyke Regis span 100-yard inlet with pontoons in the grand manner of Julius Caesar. SHOTLIST: Close and long shots of the sappers at work laying the bridge. Shots of the company filing across same after completion. LS.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Engineering; Military

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1959

Length of story (in feet)

75

Story extras:

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