| BATAILLE DE L'ELECTRICITE (aka FRENCH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) Film about the French electricity generating system. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7513 |
| Catalog #: | 502961 | |
| Clip Number: | 502961-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 147 B | |
| Timecode: | 01:31:03 - 01:33:14 | |
| Location: | France. | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Electricity LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France | |
| Description: | BATAILLE DE L'ELECTRICITE (aka FRENCH ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) Film about the French electricity generating system. France. Various shots of equipment at a French power station / electricity generating station. Good shots of electric wires (high tension wires) "Fevrier 1938 - 55 millions de KWH". Pan across village, Quick shots of people sitting by light bulb. Man sawing wood. Woman milking cow. Coal being placed in boiler. Someone planing wood. Industrial process. "Fevrier 1947 - 84 millions de KWH". More shots of pylons. People reading in well lit room, machine sawing wood, electrical milking parlour, electric heating, electric plane on wood, large electrically powered factory. "1938 - 55 millions de KWH - 1947 - 84 " KWH". Nightshots of Paris showing electric lights. Interior shots of control room of French National Grid / Electricity supply system. Various shots of control panels and men moving controls in power stations. "Production necessaire 93 Millions de KWH". Long shot of power station. Shots of building work / construction. Construction of dams for Hydroelectric power. Shots of coal fired power station. | |
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