| GIANT TYRE Giant Tires for Construction Vehicle "Earth Mover" | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5036 |
| Catalog #: | 365056 | |
| Clip Number: | 365056-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 69/13 | |
| Timecode: | 01:40:50 - 01:42:05 | |
| Location: | United Kingdom | |
| Year Shot: | 1969 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Earth Movers CONSTRUCTION: Equipment INDUSTRY: Rubber, Tires LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK | |
| Description: | GIANT TYRE Giant tire made for earth mover then we see earth movers at work in open-cast mine. Birmingham, West Midlands. Various shots of an enormous tyre being lifted out of a mould and being tested at a factory. Worker standing next to huge 8-foot tire in factory. Tire lifted by chains. CU same. CU worker; looking up. US tire; rising. An engineer looks at the progress on a closed circuit television screen (CCTV). Man in control room with various dials, etc, looking at a TV monitor. CU screen with CU image of tire against another rounded surface (thick horizontal lines going up too). DS of the big tire on a test bed; turning on an axle against a surface turning the other way. CU same. A huge earth mover stands beside a mini car. The Earth Mover, a gigantic construction vehicle; seen here with a normal car that looks tiny by comparison. CU tire on the EM. CU worker riding on it. The earth mover moves off slowly. EM driving down the street; past parked cars. Zoom in on tire. Widrington, Newcastle-on-Tyne At an open-cast coal site, several shots of the earth mover at work. The Earth Mover at a construction site. The huge vehicle lumbers about over rough terrain. Pile of dirt on it. Man signalling for the machine to stop. The vehicle stops beside a man - the wheel is taller than he is. More of the Earth Mover driving over hills of earth. Another earth mover is seen at work. It comes towards camera and turns, having just deposited a load of earth. | |
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