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Royal Engineers help to repair infrastructure

(24 Dec 2001) 1. Destroyed bridge 2. Various of Royal Engineers taking coordinates of the bridge 3. Pick up car crossing river 4. Close up of destroyed parts of the bridge, zoom out to broken bridge 5. Various wreckage of cars and tanks 6. ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) bus crossing the river 7. Close up of soldier holding measuring equipment 8. Yellow taxi crossing makeshift bridge 9. SOUNDBITE:(English) Major Mark Burnett, Royal Engineers "We are surveying this site here, taking all the measurements with a view to bringing in one of the British Army equipment bridges to over bridge this site here. And the bridge we are thinking about using is like the old Bailey bridge, that was used during the second world war. It's a similar sort of meccano, clip together bridge, which is then boomed across the gap by the troop of Royal Engineers to open up this line of communication." 10. Zoom out from broken pieces of bridge to new part of bridge 11. Close up of soldier looking through measuring equipment and entering data 12. Close up of keyboard 13. ICRC jeep crossing the makeshift bridge 14. UK soldiers chatting by the the jeep 15. Two soldiers chatting 16. Close up of Union Jack Flag on the back of vehicle, zoom out soldiers standing around 17. SOUNDBITE:(English) Captain Craig Michael, Royal Engineers "There is a lot of work to be done in Afghanistan, especially building up where the people live. Because they are really bad. I've been to Kosovo and Bosnia and I think out of three this is definitely the worst. For the folks back home, have a good Christmas and I look forward to seeing you sometime next year. Happy New Year." 18. Pan to right of destroyed bridge and makeshift bridge STORYLINE: British Royal Marines have begun work on restoring parts of Afghanistan's infrastructure, destroyed by 23 years of conflict. Around 40 Royal Marines are currently part of the peacekeeping force. But Britain is expected to contribute up to one and a half thousand troops in the next few weeks. The Marines not only guarded the city streets as Afghanistan's new government was sworn in on Saturday, they've also helped fix a temporary bridge on the main road into Kabul. This bridge forms a vital link in moving humanitarian supplies from Bagram, the only airport in eastern Afghanistan capable of receiving large aircraft. Both Bagram airport, the road and the original bridge were built by the Soviets but the river crossing was completely destroyed by US bombs in October. It caused severe travel problems - especially during wet weather - and hampered the distribution of essential food and medical supplies. The Brits arrived in early December. Removing the rubble left by US air strikes took two days. They then proceeded to put in place a temporary crossing, which will remain until the Royal Engineers can construct a new bridge. The finished structure will resemble a so-called Bailey bridge, widely used during the Second World War. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...