Classic newsreel clips

[exat808]

Found these newsreel clips on the British Pathe news site.
Thought they may be of interest to members
Enjoy
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=76869 this 23 sec clip looks like a pan around shot of the average BOCN members stockpile!
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=12745 - wartime small arms manufacture UK
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=55278 wartime torpedo manufacture Australia

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=11891 - wartime mortar manufacture S Africa
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=38508 filling 25pr shells and cases Australia
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=79333 WW1 shell making - UK

 

[exat808]

Another clip from the Pathe archives.
I initially thought that this clip was going to show linked chains of Hayrick demolition charges destroying a bridge on a military training area. Judge for yourselves but I think that the British Army were using artistic licence to say the least!

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=274

 

[Richard709]

Another clip from the Pathe archives.
I initially thought that this clip was going to show linked chains of Hayrick demolition charges destroying a bridge on a military training area. Judge for yourselves but I think that the British Army were using artistic licence to say the least!

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=274

You are quite right, I don't think it was a little but huge amount of artistic licence. but it was good for its day. if you look at the piers as the smoke clears you can see the hayricks falling into the gap as well as the chains on either side of the roadway. Also look in the gap on the right side and you can see the bottom crib being pulled away, it must have taken about 30 takes to get it this perfect, you would not want to waste real explosives otherwise it would have been a nightmare having to rebuild it so many times.
Richard

 

[exat808]

When I saw the number of Hayricks that where placed on the deck and supports I was expecting the whole thing to go skywards. Also looking to the earlier part of the clip - if those Hayricks where full then those knecklace charges would have been very heavy yet they were handled with ease by the soldiers.

 

[Richard709]

When I saw the number of Hayricks that where placed on the deck and supports I was expecting the whole thing to go skywards. Also looking to the earlier part of the clip - if those Hayricks where full then those knecklace charges would have been very heavy yet they were handled with ease by the soldiers.

Each Hayrick is 5.3 KG or 11lbs each set is 5 hayricks is 55lbs or 26.5 kg for the No 14 mk1 or 4.91kg for the L1A1, whichever still a very heavy load, but as you can clearly see strong lads the engineers. At the end of that grueling task they still looked as smart as a guardsman, multi-tasking at its best.