| CANAL RESTORATION Young volunteers set about restoring a disused canal. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6112 |
| Catalog #: | 47779 | |
| Clip Number: | 47779-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 401 | |
| Timecode: | 01:23:48 - 01:25:34 | |
| Location: | Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1962 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Canals & Locks ENGINEERING: Canals & Locks LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Warwickshire, Stratford-upon-Avon | |
| Description: | CANAL RESTORATION Young volunteers set about restoring a disused canal. Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. MS water with reeds in F/G and trees in B/G. Camera pans up to show stretch of canal. LS group of students busy by side of canal. One is chopping reeds and there is much activity. MS man with large piece of wood standing behind smoke. He throws wood down and camera pans down to show branches smouldering on fire. LS two men digging by side of canal. In B/G there is a large excavator which is removing mud etc. from canal. MS two girl students sitting down and chipping away at blocks of wood (stone?). CU girls hand chipping wood (stone?) which she holds in other hand. CU girls face looking down as she chips. MS two people with wheelbarrows pushing them along planks laid across top of canal being supervised by another student who points to anywhere cement should be tipped. Man starts to tip cement into canal. MCS man tipping wheelbarrow while other man scoops cement. CU cement leaving wheelbarrow into wooden trough by side of canal. MS girl handing out food to var. students as they come up to table. CU girls hand handing out sandwichs to var. hands attable. MS girl leaning on bridge eating sandwich. She turns and looks down into canal. LS a number of students with lock gate lifting it into position. MS students assisted by soldier steadying lock gate. CU lock gate suspended by wire being lowered into canal. MS man working crane. LS lock gate being lowered slowly into water watched by var. students. LS canal. we see a bucket being pulled from the water by a pulley. Student at top of canal swings bucket over and pours contents away. LS bucket being lowered into bottom of canal where two men are waiting. They proceed to shovel mud etc. into bucket. MS looking down into canal. Two men shovelling mud etc. into bucket. MS young student painting. MS bucket at bottom of canal. Men put down shovels and bucket rises to- wards camera. | |
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