Bridge Building AKA Army Bridge Building (1963)

River Thames, between Henley and Maidenhead, Oxfordshire/ Berkshire. As part of an army exercise soldiers construct a bridge to cross Thames. Various shots of military vehicles driving through mud. The soldiers, watched by their officers, float massive pontoons on river. The pontoons are joined to form half a bridge. A tractor is driven onto it. The pontoons then drift down river and are connected to another half of a bridge coming out from the opposite bank. Once bridge is completed, a convoy of army vehicles drives across. Various C/Us of army officers and soldiers, including General McCleod, in charge of Eastern Command. Cuts exist - see separate record. 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,