Mobile Tap Truck Issue Title Is Step On It (1944)

Part of issue STEP ON IT. Location of events unknown. Soldiers of Royal Engineers learn how to make maps under battle conditions. Various shots of soldiers in classroom being taught by Sergeant Instructor. Various shots of soldiers surveying a field. M/S of soldiers running through river under fire. M/S of despatch rider riding past camera, narrowly missing large explosion. The soldiers are on army exercise, although these shots could pass as real battle scenes. The despatch rider passes a message to team of surveyors working at desks outside hut. The surveyors using “computing machines“ to process information in message. Various shots of mobile photography unit; we see aerial photographs being processed. Various shots of mobile printing unit van being prepared for use. Within minutes the printing units is producing maps. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC