| MOVING DAYS - ALDERSHOT STUDIES Old & New Construction Methods | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6709 | |
| Catalog #: | 372123 | |
| Clip Number: | 372123-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 29 | |
| Timecode: | 01:17:45 - 01:19:33 | |
| Location: | Aldershot, Hampshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Earth Movers LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Hampshire, Aldershot | |
| Description: | MOVING DAYS - ALDERSHOT STUDIES Earth works - various methods of moving earth around including elbow grease and a mechanical digger. Construction: land being cleared, 1920s. Aldershot, Hampshire Tree being pulled over (it must be tied to tractor but in this shot it looks like it just falls over by itself, turning roots up to camera!). Next, wideshot workers in a ditch shoveling dirt onto a little train of containers, like the top parts of a line of wheelbarrows all hooked together; the dirt train pulls away. Closer shot of this dirt transporter moving down the track, w/ man operating it riding in front on small engine(?). Next, shot of a major construction vehicle scooping up side of a cliff formed by the excavation, turning around and dumping the earth in another vehicle. Next, men guiding horses along pulling ploughs behind, scooping up the dirt this way. Then shot of the modern version: tractor pulling a line of heavy vehicles. Finally shot of a group of construction workers resting on the ground while they eat their lunch. Meals, machinery, tools, skilled labor | |
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