| CLIFFS REPAIRED Dover's Cliffs Cleared of Debris | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5032 |
| Catalog #: | 364941 | |
| Clip Number: | 364941-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 68/87 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Dover, Kent | |
| Year Shot: | 1968 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENVIRONMENT: Erosion | |
| Description: | CLIFFS REPAIRED The famous white cliffs of Dover are crumbling due to erosion. Safety measures include a crew of workers who clear the debris and potential falling rocks to prevent damage to houses at the foot of the cliffs. Repairs are carried out on the white cliffs of Dover to counter effects of erosion. Dover, Kent Shot from side looking along the cliffs. Then opposite direction; slowly panning around cliff, beach, water below. LS cliffs with a box hanging from chains moving at side of cliff. Closer shot of the box thing with 3 men in it; moving toward camera. Below street, tiny carts, ocean. DS houses and apartment buildings at foot of cliffs. CU cliff with chains vertically on it, some kind of net. CU Worker in hardhat talking into a microphone (in order to direct the crane driver as to where he ought to move them). Worker facing cliff which is covered with a wide netting. Side shot of workers in the hanging box up against the cliff. Shot of chains hanging from crane. Pan down to DS men working on cliff. CU workers loosening debris on the cliff. One guy drilling, another guy poking with a long bar. CU Worker's boot on edge of the wall of the box. "A head for heights is an essential requirement". DS houses and street below. CU shots of workers loosening rocks, letting them fall behind the mesh netting. Shot of netting; with rocks falling. Worker standing lower on cliff; shaking rocks out of net. Slope with small rocks sliding down. Cliff with crane and the hanging box. Side view cliff workers in box. | |
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