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Underground mine explodes

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AuthorWar Office
TitleUnderground mine explodes
NotesA 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.
Item Date1st July 1916
Creation placeBeaumont Hamel, France (Google Maps)
File typeVideo
Item sourceVHS copy of original film
Item mediumVHS copy of original film
ContentFootage
KeywordsAllied Forces, Western Front, Battle
Collection IDThe Battle of the Somme, Part 2, Caption 29
Repository nameImperial War Museum Film and Video Archive
Repository address
Imperial War Museum
Lambeth Road
London
SE1 6HZ
UK
Repository URLhttp://www.iwm.org.uk/
CataloguerEverett Sharp
FilenameCXTIWMFILMvsom13.mpg
CopyrightThe Imperial War Museum
Publication editorUrban, C. A. and Malins G. H.
Digital repositoryThe First World War Poetry Digital Archive
ProducerJury, W. F.
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/1815