Enquiry Sent!

Thanks for getting in touch. We’ll get back to you very soon.

Go Back to Homepage

Pioneer & Demolition Section, Cavalry Regiment R1 of 2

Reel Number: H1917-03

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1925,1933

Country: USA

Location: Fort Riley,Kansas

TC Begins: 01:16:22

TC Ends: 01:22:51

Duration: 00:06:29

Titles describing the organization of the Pioneer & Demolition Section. 01:17:07 Cavalry on horseback riding across grassy field w/ several pack horses. Riding at trot & gallop, leaping fence; down dusty hillside trail. Swim river (brief). 01:18:10 Unloading boxes from pack horses & laying out on ground equipment of demolition outfit & explained & shown: explosives, fuses, etc. MCU. 01:19:28 TNT 1/2 lb block shown, placed on box & rifle fired at it w/o exploding. Cap shown; fuse inserted into cap & crimped to detonator cap. Time fuse & instantaneous fuse shown & ignited. 01:21:19 CU of fuse lighter, crimped to time fuse & cap inserted into TNT block. 01:21:49 T.N.T. is exploded w/ time fuses & w/ instantaneous fuses. Describes the detonation of T.N.T. by detonating cord & by a fuse lighter and fuse. Post-WW1; Post-WWI; Fort Riley Kansas; Army Training Film; Explosives; NOTE: Probably original produced in 1925 & re-edited w/ sound track in 1933.

Show more

Similar Sub-themes