Ditch Digging Machine Could Be Used In War AKA Trenching Machine (1914-1918)

United States of America. Technology; a new invention: ditch or trench digging machine; which could be put to use in the war. It works by tearing up very neatly a long strip of earth c 2 feet deep & 1 foot wide. Shown here operated by a team of workers; in a large flat field in American mid west. Front view of machine moving forward; passing. Men at the side; pulling over earth it has churned up. CU of earth coming up; and men at work. Shot from behind showing the long trench being dug. More CUs of men working. World War One. United States. agriculture. 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, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), Bri