On The Meuse - Pontoon Bridge (1917)

French World War One troops use pontoon bridge on Meuse River near Verdun, France. French troops pilot pontoon boats down river. Boats are hooked together side to side with platform on top. Pontoons come to stop. M/S as men carry planks toward boats, putting them across outside boats. Crew walking off the pontoon barge, walking across the planks. Then a shot of the bridge completed with planks laid, enough for a car to drive across; which one does here. Also on ON 401B. G408A 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 c