Video Parts (5 across 2 reels)
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BASE SECTION NO. 2 (BORDEAUX), CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES [1917-1918] Reel 2 · Part 3
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Reel 1, 18th Engineers construct a dock: buildings are torn down and debris cleared; pilings are unloaded and driven with a pile driver; wharves are repaired; and cement mixed and poured. Reel 2 shows general views of the Bassen dock facilities at Bordeaux. 18th Engineers hoist a portal truss and erect derricks around the legs of a radio tower under construction at Croix d'Hais. The 18th Engineers and stevedores eat lunch on the Bassen docks.
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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer
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