INDIAN ENGINEERS AT WORK REPAIRING A RAILWAY BRIDGE

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: FUB 58).

Synopsis

Somewhere in Burma, a team of Indian Engineers work to rebuild a railway bridge.

Looking up at Indian Engineers at work repairing a bridge; a brick upright is still standing and a number of wooden uprights have been put up. A section of railway track is carried along. Section of track run out. Indian Engineers using a double-handed chainsaw. Using an electric drill. Shots of men working on rails. Using an augur. More shots working on the bridge. Wide shots showing the site. Men heaving a large wooden block on ropes up a timber scaffold.

Notes

No dopesheet for this film, so details (date, location etc) are unclear.

 

Titles

  • INDIAN ENGINEERS AT WORK REPAIRING A RAILWAY BRIDGE (Allocated)
Series Title:
BRITISH ARMY OPERATIONS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
 

Technical Data

Year:
1944
Running Time:
4 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
35mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Footage:
278 ft
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
Sponsor
War Office Directorate of Public Relations
Production company
SEAC Film Unit