| HIGH LIFERS Workers on Gas Tower | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6714 | |
| Catalog #: | 372521 | |
| Clip Number: | 372521-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 47 | |
| Timecode: | 01:33:39 - 01:34:54 | |
| Location: | Staines, Surrey | |
| Year Shot: | 1928 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Misc. INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Natural Gas LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Surrey | |
| Description: | HIGH LIFERS Men who work very high in the air are featured - on towers and scaffolding. Staines, Surrey Shot looking across river at big cylindrical tower- -"a new kind of waterless gasholder." Close shot looking up; tower is actually many sided, not perfectly round; there are walkways going round the outside at intervals. Pan downward to ground level. MLS worker standing on "balcony" at top of tower, hammering something. Next, wild shot of worker climbing up the arm of a crane!!! Looks dangerous. Shot from roof w/ worker standing next to ladder on edge of roof; houses, river far below. MLSs men working on top of tower. Shot from ground, looking up at workers coming down the long long steps along the side of the tower. | |
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