Unnra Road Works In China (1946)

China. Various shots of the Chinese coolies clearing a roadway by primitive methods, taking the slack away in barrows etc. A crane at work on road building in China. A class of Chinese men being instructed how to use contemporary road making equipment, sent to them through UNRRA. Men go out and are shown how to operate mechanical diggers, bulldozers etc. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.