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In Den Haag is het hoofdbureau gevestigd van de geheele 'Mine-clearing' in Holland. Op groote kaarten zijn de mijnenvelden aangegeven, correspondeerende met een kaartenbak.

Les dragueurs de mines en action. Lópération est effectuée, on file peu à peu la drague. Et maintenant, chacun va eiller derrière la mine qui, libérée de son mouillage ou crapaud par les cisailles de la drague, remontera en surface.

Lifeboat which caused death of woman of 74 and four sailors when Dutch liner hit mine. The 'Spaarndam' after hitting the mine. The small boat alongside is the one which caused the deaths of the woman passenger and four seamen by dipping as it was lowerered.

Opsporing, vernietiging van munitie, landmijnen etc. m.b.v. Duitse soldaten. Danger! Mines. There we go. A heavy column of smoke and dirt shoots up. The men who lit the fuse are waiting at a distance of several hundreds of yards. They see the column and some seconds afterwards the explosion makes the earth tremble under their bodies.

Eine Teufelskugel detoniers! Die nahezu 60 Meter hohe, gewaltige Wasserfontäne von einer Explodierenden Mine erzeugt, gibt einen Begriff von der Wirkung dieser gefürchteten Waffe, die gleich einer tötlichen Sperrkette die Seewege zur Festung Europa verriegelt. Das Fernobjektiv erehaschte diese eindrucksvolle Aufnahme bei einem Unternehmen im Mittelmeer.

Overgave, aftocht, internering Duitsers. Danger! Mines! After the day's task is done, the POWs return to barracks. Several hundreds of mines have disappeared. Another piece of land is fit to be cultivated again. Liberation is one day nearer.

French deputies visit British naval port. The French party at a mine school of the Royal Navy. Right of the naval officer in centre is M. Yvon Delbos, French Minister of Education.

The Scorpion. This colseup shows part of the new flail device called the Scorpion, by which land mines are neutralized. Chains several feet long are attached to a steel cylinder mounted on a tank. when the tank is in motion, the cylinder revolves and the chains beat the ground, exploding mines at a safe distance.