| GIANT DRAGLINE The world's largest mobile dragline (giant bulldozer) in action. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6005 | |
| Catalog #: | 487706 | |
| Clip Number: | 487706-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 50 | |
| Timecode: | 01:00:33 - 01:02:15 | |
| Location: | Corby, Northamptonshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1955 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Earth Movers INDUSTRY/MINING: Iron LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | GIANT DRAGLINE The world's largest mobile dragline (giant bulldozer) in action. Corby, Northamptonshire World's largest mobile dragline used at an iron-ore quarry near Corby. High angle LS looking down along side the machinery at the ground below, where the people look tiny. MLS at base of drag line, a worker walks up steps and enters cabin. Interior MS as the man enters through arched door into the dark corridor. MS man enters driving cabin and sits down; with the entire front of cabin made of glass, he has a bird's eye view of the quarry and area around CUs man's hand pulling levers. CU worker's head & shoulders as he operates machine. LS the big scooper thing, being moved by vertical and horizontal cables, hangs over the piles of earth; pan up vertical cable to the big arm of dragline; cont. pan down arm to base incl. cabin. Ms from inside cabin, behind driver, looking out through windows as the thing is moving sideways. MS drag line mid-air moving ; a load of dirt is being swung around. MLS drag being pulled along the surface scooping up a bunch of dirt. Closer view of the drag being pulled through dirt and lifting a load of it - -narrator says that every 'bite' picks up 30 tons of rubble! Shot looking straight up stairs through a series of metal arches connected to the framework of the drag; a worker is descending. - -this looks cool - -like "Modern Times" some kind of future/technical man-subject - to - machinery sort of feeling. LS showing entire gigantic machine 'walking'. | |
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