Clear Boys, Clear! (1940)

Full title reads: “Clear Boys, Clear!“. London. VS of army men of the Pioneer Corps and the Royal Engineers at work with picks, shovels and pneumatic drills clearing rubble and debris from the bomb damaged streets of London. CU One of the soldiers spitting on his hands and smiling at camera as he sets to work. 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), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.