| COMPLETION OF WEMBLEY Wembley Stadium nearing completion and safety checks being performed | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5239 |
| Catalog #: | 54982 | |
| Clip Number: | 54982-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 933 | |
| Timecode: | 01:34:30 - 01:38:51 | |
| Location: | Wembley, Middlesex (now Greater London). | |
| Year Shot: | 1922 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Sports Arena / Stadium CONSTRUCTION: Buildings ENGINEERING: Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London SAFETY: Misc. | |
| Description: | For next Year's CUP FINAL - Wonderful new Stadium to accommodate 125,000 is rapidly approaching completion. Construction workers work and then pack into the stands to test the sturdiness by stomping their feet. Wembley, Middlesex (now Greater London). L/S's of labourers hard at work under one of the stands at Wembley. One man lifts up a his wheel barrow and empties cement out. L/S of workers digging with spades. Camera pans from to left to right over the incomplete stands of the new stadium. Several shots of from inside the stadium. L/S of the roof still under construction. L/S's of workers hammering and digging under stand. L/S of stand filled with sandbags, a sign at the back of the stand reads: "TEST LOAD OF 300 TONS." L/S of men standing up in terrace, they all suddenly sit down together. L/S's of men running forward suddenly to the front of the terrace. L/S of them standing up in unison. L/S's of men swaying from side to side together. Various more shots of men sitting down, swaying and running to left hand side of the stadium. L/S of the men stamping their feet, waving and cheering. L/S of crane scooping up soil from the ground. | |
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