| BUILDING OF LA GIROTTE DAM Construction of La Girotte Dam in the Dorinet Valley of France. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7860 |
| Catalog #: | 284117 | |
| Clip Number: | 284117-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1521 E | |
| Timecode: | 01:12:26 - 01:15:04 | |
| Location: | France | |
| Year Shot: | 1946 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Dams & Levees ENGINEERING: Dams LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France | |
| Description: | BUILDING OF LA GIROTTE DAM Construction of La Girotte Dam in the Dorinet Valley of France. Scenic GV of Lake Girotte surrounded by gentle sloping mountains. GVs of fast moving water forging down mountainside into Lake Girotte. Elevated LS pan of dam and surrounding countryside. GVs as dynamite (TNT) is detonated on side of mountain, large clouds of dust and smoke cover the landscape. Elevated LS of men going back to work after explosion. MS workmen using pneumatic drills (jackhammer) and sledgehammers to break rock. GV as men load rock into rail cars. GV as man drives small electric engine pulling rail cars on track. Tracking shot of dam under construction showing workmen and wooden scaffoldings. GV as men tip rail car and rock load is dumped. GV construction and wood scaffoldings. GV as two large cranes swinging slabs of concrete into position. GV conveyor moving rock and an overhead fernicular railway. GV wood structures and workman hammering. GV overhead fernicular railway moving along cables. GVS as crane dumps concrete onto a section of dam, it is leveled off by workmen with spades. GV men constructing wooden scaffolding. MS man hammering. CU man hammering. CU man sawing. CU man using string level. GV men hammering. GV as crane lowers cement block. Tracking shot of dam construction site. Low angle GV looking up at workmen on scaffolding. Elevated LS of dam and lake Girotte. | |
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