| MOBILE HOUSES Building prefabricated houses in Streatham - includes comic high speed sequence. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5906 |
| Catalog #: | 24674 | |
| Clip Number: | 24674-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 62/44 | |
| Timecode: | 01:05:14 - 01:06:42 | |
| Location: | Streatham, London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1962 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Houses, Unusual CONSTRUCTION: Pre-Fab HABITATS, HUMAN: Affordable Housing LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London SPECIAL EFFECTS: Time Lapse, Construction | |
| Description: | "Mobile Houses". Mobile houses built at speed. Streatham, London. L/S "Terrapin House" arriving at the building site by truck. L/S foundations already laid for the house. Various shots of truck with house backing into the building site. A tarp is pulled off the building. Various shots of crane lifting house off the truck. M/S door opening to prefabricated house showing the kitchen. C/U of the bathroom. L/S building site. Comic stop motion sequence: C/U man digging hole. L/S bulldozer clearing rubble. M/S the bulldozer coming towards the camera. C/U cameraman with a look of horror on his face. Panning shot cameraman stuck on the front of the bulldozer as it goes along. L/S men laying paving stones. Panning shot as one of the workmen drops a paving stone right on his foot, he hops around and falls into a hole. L/S as the crane lifts the prefab house and puts it down in position. C/U man hammering nails into floor. M/S man sawing. M/S as crane driver gets in the crane. Various shots crane lifting sections of prefab into position. High speed shot of truck driving away from prefabs. Panning shot completed prefab houses on piece of waste ground. The LCC (London County Council) prefabs will house homeless families waiting for more permanent accommodation. | |
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