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TRANSPORTABLE RUNWAY (STEEL PLANK TYPE) Part 2

Description

Reel 1, b&w, earthmoving equipment is unloaded from a railway car. Engineer soldiers grade runways and lay perforated steel planks. Reel 2, part 1, b&w, engineers remove steel planks from runway, repack, fasten, and remove them by truck. Part 2, color, shows camouflaged operations dugout, control tower, and aircraft pens. B-24 aircraft take off and land.

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Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Engineering Board Film Digests

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Date
1944-01-01
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TRT
3:53