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Title: The company commander, having explained the situation to his officers, goes forward to make a personal reconnaissance.
09:19:28 Motorcycle w/ side-car beside officer & pup tent, talk, salute & leaves in side-car.
09:19:41 Title: The situation. CU of simple map, pointer showing road. Title: The second-in-command moves the company forward to a rendezvous designated in the company commander’s march order.
09:20:12 Troops lined up, officers on horseback & in front; march off following horse-drawn wagon, other mule-drawn wagons follow.
09:21:06 Title: The Captain’s Reconnaisance. Map showing damaged section of road. Motorcycle & side-car down heavily damaged, rutted & eroded dirt road. Officer out & paces width, back in and bounces along but tips over & falls out of sidecar onto driver. Trouble uprighting motorcycle. Officer runs after, pushes as they bump along. FUNNY!
09:22:00 CU map. Motorcycle arrives at destroyed bridge, officer out, checks beams & surveys damage. Back into side-car.
09:22:44 Title: The Rendezvous. Return on smooth road; stop & gesture ahead.
09:22:53 Title: Leaders Assemble. Gesture, pan to arriving troops; four officers look at map beside road.
09:23:17 Title: The first platoon will repair & improve this road. Continue looking at map. Title: The second platoon will rebuild that bridge. Look at map. Title: Construction foreman & carpenter from company headquarters will report to the second platoon. The remainder of company headquarters will report to the 1st Sergeant to assist in making camp. Title: We bivouac in those woods. Commander points
09:24:02 Title: March loads of ration & baggage wagon & tool truck will be dumped. These vehicles will haul Engineer material. Supper here at 6:00 o’clock.
09:24:14 Men stand up. Title: Command Post will be at the bivouac. Any questions? Men leave.
09:24:26 Title: Preparations are made by the first platoon for repairing the road. Men marching up earlier seen eroded road, followed by supply wagons,then off into woods; one soldier w/ bicycle.
09:25:12 Title: Unloading platoon tools. Men unload chests from covered wagon. Title: The platoon commander estimates his task. Walks w/ two officers down eroded road. Soldier pick up / issued shovels & march to road.
09:25:55 Title: At the same time the second platoon prepares to rebuild the bridge. Officer riding leading marching soldiers w/ rifles followed by bicycle & supply covered wagon. Commander & three officers looking at beams of destroyed bridge; measuring; soldiers gathering / moving beams.
09:26:53 Title: The company truck brings up timbers from the division dump. Unloading beams from back of canvas covered truck.
09:27:17 Title: Two hours later. Troops moving beams into place on partially placed uprights.
09:27:39 Men working on widened road (now has trees in bloom alongside).
09:27:47 Title: An improvised drag. Mule pulling, men working w/ shovels & rakes. Large car & trucks past.
09:28:34 Title: The Captain inspects the work. Two officers ride thru on horseback.
Military Combat Engineer Company Training Film; 1930s; 1920s; 1931; Oddities; Slapstick Gags
NOTE: Good exposure & few good shots / sequences. Good period feel.
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NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk Title: The company commander, having explained the situation to his officers, goes forward to make a personal reconnaissance. 09:19:28 Motorcycle w/ side-car beside officer & pup tent, talk, salute & leaves in side-car. 09:19:41 Title: The situation. CU of simple map, pointer showing road. Title: The second-in-command moves the company forward to a rendezvous designated in the company commander’s march order. 09:20:12 Troops lined up, officers on horseback & in front; march off following horse-drawn wagon, other mule-drawn wagons follow. 09:21:06 Title: The Captain’s Reconnaisance. Map showing damaged section of road. Motorcycle & side-car down heavily damaged, rutted & eroded dirt road. Officer out & paces width, back in and bounces along but tips over & falls out of sidecar onto driver. Trouble uprighting motorcycle. Officer runs after, pushes as they bump along. FUNNY! 09:22:00 CU map. Motorcycle arrives at destroyed bridge, officer out, checks beams & surveys damage. Back into side-car. 09:22:44 Title: The Rendezvous. Return on smooth road; stop & gesture ahead. 09:22:53 Title: Leaders Assemble. Gesture, pan to arriving troops; four officers look at map beside road. 09:23:17 Title: The first platoon will repair & improve this road. Continue looking at map. Title: The second platoon will rebuild that bridge. Look at map. Title: Construction foreman & carpenter from company headquarters will report to the second platoon. The remainder of company headquarters will report to the 1st Sergeant to assist in making camp. Title: We bivouac in those woods. Commander points 09:24:02 Title: March loads of ration & baggage wagon & tool truck will be dumped. These vehicles will haul Engineer material. Supper here at 6:00 o’clock. 09:24:14 Men stand up. Title: Command Post will be at the bivouac. Any questions? Men leave. 09:24:26 Title: Preparations are made by the first platoon for repairing the road. Men marching up earlier seen eroded road, followed by supply wagons,then off into woods; one soldier w/ bicycle. 09:25:12 Title: Unloading platoon tools. Men unload chests from covered wagon. Title: The platoon commander estimates his task. Walks w/ two officers down eroded road. Soldier pick up / issued shovels & march to road. 09:25:55 Title: At the same time the second platoon prepares to rebuild the bridge. Officer riding leading marching soldiers w/ rifles followed by bicycle & supply covered wagon. Commander & three officers looking at beams of destroyed bridge; measuring; soldiers gathering / moving beams. 09:26:53 Title: The company truck brings up timbers from the division dump. Unloading beams from back of canvas covered truck. 09:27:17 Title: Two hours later. Troops moving beams into place on partially placed uprights. 09:27:39 Men working on widened road (now has trees in bloom alongside). 09:27:47 Title: An improvised drag. Mule pulling, men working w/ shovels & rakes. Large car & trucks past. 09:28:34 Title: The Captain inspects the work. Two officers ride thru on horseback. Military Combat Engineer Company Training Film; 1930s; 1920s; 1931; Oddities; Slapstick Gags NOTE: Good exposure & few good shots / sequences. Good period feel. Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk