Aldershot - Recruits Taught To Construct Bridges (1914-1918)

Aldershot - Recruits taught to construct bridges. World War one. New recruits taught to build bridges; at Aldershot; England. Shot of the men standing on riverbank. One guy throws rope across. Profile shot - man on other side catches rope; pulls. GV another bridge construction - -part of bridge framework sticking out from bank; soldier standing on this; driving in a pole w/ a big mallet. Tools. Another view of this: pan along river; man pounding w/ mallet;a bunch of soldiers carrying long boards (?) past in BG. Soldiers push long piece (looks like long board; w/ a rope pulling it into a slight curved shape) into water FILM ID:2330.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Gr
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