The Man Behind The Bailey Bridge (1945)

Item title reads - The man behind the Bailey bridge.



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Various shots of the longest floating Bailey bridge which spans the Chindwin river. Some very good shots of Mr Donald Colman Bailey, the inventor, watching the construction of a bridge with a critical eye. M/S back at his home as he constructs a model bridge in his latest design. Various shots as his young son Richard helps him. C/U of Donald's wife. He looks at photographs of some of his previous designs. M/S library footage of Winston Churchill stepping onto German soil from a Bailey bridge.
FILM ID:1217.15

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