51321: Underground mine explodes

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posted on 2024-05-09, 09:49 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

<p dir="ltr">A very large mine exploding. This is the detonation at 7.20am on 1st July of 40,000 lbs of ammonal laid by 252 Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers, under the German position at Haworth Redoubt before Beaumont Hamel, filmed from 'Jacob's ladder' immediately opposite.</p>

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Identifier

1824.mpg | CXTIWMFILMvsom13.mpg

Subject

Allied Forces | Battle | Trench | Western Front

Creator

War Office

Date

1st July 1916

Date Created

01/07/1916

Spatial

Beaumont Hamel, France

Source

VHS copy of original film

Medium

VHS copy of original film

Type

Footage

Contributor

Everett Sharp

Rights

The Imperial War Museum

Collection ID

The Battle of the Somme, Part 2, Caption 29

Repository Name

Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive

Repository Address

Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UK

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

Producer

Jury, W. F.

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Keywords

First World War Poetry Digital Archive World War One Footage Allied Forces Battle Trench Western Front

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0