American Mine Sweepers Clearing The Ocean Roads (1914-1918)

American Mine Sweepers Clearing The Ocean Roads. Location of events unknown. American minesweepers search for mines. Opens with shot of sailor looking away; at another ship nearby. Then shot; still on side deck; of otter-board being lowered into the water via a line. CU pan on mines - big round bomb things like bowling balls - which have been swept up. World war one. Boats and ships. G 448 B. FILM ID:1882.5 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 websit