How to Bridge a Gorge
Release date: 1942-01-02
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Genres: Animation, War
An instructional video that teaches, through stop-motion animation, how to build a bridge over a gorge that can hold heavy military equipment. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
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