| AIR-HOUSE (aka AITC HOUSE) A nylon air-house is constructed to shelter building work | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6030 |
| Catalog #: | 502804 | |
| Clip Number: | 502804-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 309 | |
| Timecode: | 01:10:52 - 01:13:05 | |
| Location: | Hampton, Middlesex. | |
| Year Shot: | 1960 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Houses CONSTRUCTION: Innovations LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Middlesex | |
| Description: | AIR-HOUSE (aka AITC HOUSE) A nylon air-house is constructed to shelter building work Hampton, Middlesex. M/Ss of a group of men on an empty plot of land arranging a huge nylon sheet on the ground, hammering wooden pegs into the edges and unravelling more nylon over the top. Commentator says they are setting up an air house with nylon instead of bricks and zips instead of mortar. Ropes are threaded through the edges of the nylon and huge zips are done up to fasten pieces together. Two men are seen looking at a complicated plan; workmen fix a metal frame together which will form the entrance - the only framework to be used in the building. Commentator tells of the doors in the completed building forming an airlock so the air pressure inside is constant and will hold the structure up. Part of the nylon sheeting is pulled over the door framework; a wide nylon sleeve is attached over a large fan which starts to inflate the whole structure in minutes, according to the commentator. M/Ss of the exterior of the completed house, and the interior where builders are seen at work laying the foundations of a house, unloading bricks and so on. Commentator says the air-house is being used for the first time by a local building firm as a vast shelter for normal building operations, enabling them to put up a two-storey brick house without the usual hold-ups in bad weather. M/S of air-house exterior. | |
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