Laying Telephone Line (1945)

Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown. Laying telephone line. L/Ss of two soldiers moving over flooded area in tracked vehicle laying telephone wires. They also appear to be repairing damaged wires. Various similar shots. Cataloguer’s note: Possibly the Saar Valley. FILM ID: 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 Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.