| INDUSTRIAL CRANE PICKS UP EGG (aka CRANE AND EGG) Impressive stunt by experienced crane operator - picking up an egg without breaking it. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6098 |
| Catalog #: | 108536 | |
| Clip Number: | 108536-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 81 | |
| Timecode: | 01:17:56 - 01:19:54 | |
| Location: | Littlehampton, Sussex. | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | INVENTIONS: Construction LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Sussex | |
| Description: | INDUSTRIAL CRANE PICKS UP EGG (aka CRANE AND EGG) Impressive stunt by experienced crane operator - picking up an egg without breaking it Littlehampton, Sussex. A demonstration of pure power - an industrial crane is so controllable by expert driver Bill Goldring that he can pick up a single egg. Various shots of Bill using the crane to move coke at Littlehampton Railway Station. C/U of the bucket of the crane as Bill carefully closes the two claws to pick up the egg. Narrator describes how Bill has worked for the Railway for half a century. He is operating 60 feet away from the egg. He drops the egg to prove that it is real, it smashes on a railway sleeper. Another egg is carefully picked up. This time it is more difficult as it is balanced on the edge of a concrete wall. Narrator ends with a joke as the egg is dropped again to prove it isn't hard boiled - "There is only one word for it - smashing!" | |
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