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WWI Western Front - Tunneling Under German Lines
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Synopsis: With the goal of breaching German lines the British 170th Tunneling Company dig a tunnel towards and then under German trenches where they wire high explosives in place, detonating them prior to a planned infantry attack to occupy those enemy trenches ( 2013-748f.txt 24619)...(read more)
- Date: 1918
- Duration: 00:08:00
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: Europe
WWI Western Front - Tunneling Under German Lines
Mining Activities On The Western Front in WW1. British troops of the 170th Tunneling Company digs a tunnel toward and under German trenches at the Hohenzollern Redoubt and detonate explosive charges in WWI.
Shot List:
00:00:28;07
Shows tunnelers miners of the 170th British Tunneling Company loading material and explosives on trucks and arriving at a front line trench to began tunneling operation. Scenes of the shaft head and men entering tunnel.
00:02:46;02
Picking and timbering at the gallery face tunnel face the British continue tunneling far underground toward the German trenches.
00:03:33;17
An British Officer listening underground to the sound of German counter-mining gives the order to commence placing explosives charges in the tunnel. The chamber is prepared and explosive charges placed into position. Earth filled bags are positioned to prevent back blast. All men are ordered out of the tunnel.
00:04:46;16
British Officer testing the electric circuit and connecting the electric leads to the explosive charges in the tunnel. CU of electric meter. British infantry take cover in a mine crater in the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
00:05:44;04
T-shaped plunger on the explosive detonator box is pushed followed by massive explosions. British infantry charge forward and set-up a new defense line in a forward trench. CU of British machine gun crew firing at the enemy in WW1.
