Operation Puts Pipeline Under Channel (1945)

Unissued / Unused material. Various shots of huge reel of pipe in sea. M/S buoy being lowered into sea. M/S pipeline. Various shots as it is laid. C/U map of Europe showing route of pipe line. C/U sign ’Operation Pluto. Continuing network to supply .’ Various shots of pipe on big drum. C/U map showing progress. M/S pump room being built. M/S Brown’s golf course, pan across to Brown’s ice cream parlour. L/S barbed wire pan across to cliffs of Dover (?). M/S map of London. Aerial shots drum in water. Intertitle - ’In the later lays, pipe was laid from England to France and brought ashore in Boulogne Harbour’. Various shots of the drums. Intertitle - ’The Hamel pipe is made of steel pipe of 3“ diameter, approx. 1/4“ wall thickness. The pipe is brought in short lengths to the welding plant.’ M/S pipes being lifted. Various shots as two bits are welded together. M/S drums. Intertitle - ’The end of the pipe is taken off the drum, a marker buoy and steel warp are attached to it. The