| MOUNTAIN OF MENACE Welsh people have to leave their condemned homes due to the movement of Graig Arw. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5828 | |
| Catalog #: | 24739 | |
| Clip Number: | 24739-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 60/2 | |
| Timecode: | 01:09:31 - 01:10:35 | |
| Location: | Wales | |
| Year Shot: | 1960 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Volcanoes GEOGRAPHIC LANDFORMS: Volcano LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, Wales | |
| Description: | Mountain of Menace. Godre'rgraig, Wales M/S row of condemned houses in the Welsh village of Godre'rgraig behind which is Graig Arw (rugged mountain) which is sliding towards the village. C/U of a cracked wall. C/U notice reading 'Road subsidence maximum weight limit one and a half tons'. M/S cracked road. C/U a wide part of the crack. L/S Graig Arw with condemned houses in the foreground. L/S cracked road with men working in the background. M/S man working with pneumatic drill to unearth water main. C/U cracked road beside where the men are working. C/U the unearthed water main which the men thought was fractured. M/S the Swansea Valley. M/S wall and roof of one of the condemned houses cracked and in a state of collapse, pan across wall and windowsill of the house, cracked and broken. M/S two men looking at a broken wall by the roadside. L/S removal men carrying furniture from a house. M/S one of the men fitting stuff onto a lorry. M/S two women walking from their house with belongings under their arms, pan up to L/S of their house. M/S removal men getting a wardrobe out of an upstairs window. M/S of the men laying the wardrobe down. M/S of the Swansea Valley with condemned houses in foreground. L/S of the Graig Arw mountain. | |
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