New Highway Built On Swampy Ground (1960)

Unissued / Unused material. New highway constructed on swampy ground. Kiel, Germany. MS swampy ground with feet walking over it to show how soft it is. MS rocket-shaped explosives which will be sunk in the ground. Various shots bulldozer making an artificial hill of dry sand. MS as the explosives are sunk into the ground. CU workmen giving warning signal by blowing through horn, others take cover. Various shots as the explosions take place. They create a big cavern filled with gas, the sand then slips down into the cavern and forms a foundation. 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