Troops Building Bridge (1947)

Cheb, Czechoslovakia. Czech title reads ’Our Soldiers’. Snow and ice swept away the only bridge across the river Ohre at Cheb region in Czechoslovakia. A new bridge supplied by UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) is erected. Various shots of the heavily bombed buildings, railway station, viaduct, etc. MS. Pan of the damaged old bridge spanning the river. Various shots of army engineers constructing a Baily Bridge. Civilians gathered to watch the bridge being built. Men are seen tightening up screws as girders are fitted together. Several shots of the completed bridge being drawn across the river. Note - date found in the old record - 21/04/1947. 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, whic