| NEW MARKET PLACE Plastic domes provide shelter for Basildon market. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5037 |
| Catalog #: | 365096 | |
| Clip Number: | 365096-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 69/19 | |
| Timecode: | 01:31:58 - 01:33:08 | |
| Location: | Basildon, Essex | |
| Year Shot: | 1969 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BUILDINGS: Experimental LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Essex SHOPPING: Misc | |
| Description: | PLASTIC DOMES COVER NEW MARKET PLACE Plastic domes provide shelter for Basildon market. The town of Basildon, Essex builds four domes as a new location for their community market when other plans forced its relocation. Basildon, Essex GV of one of the modern space-age domes with solid upper section and open round the bottom. GV Mushroom type dome at Basildon new market to provide shelter for market stalls. We see inside the domes, empty except for the bare stalls. The dome is completely empty. Tracking shot going by the domes. Ceiling - pan down to shot at ground level with metal racks lined up inside. Pan down to show empty stalls. GV Empty stalls. GV Ext. One of the domes. This dome will house perishable foods. General views of work in progress on a new flyover - the main reason for the new domes. GV Ext. work in progress for the new flyover. GV Showing pillars for the flyover. Shot the site with supports for new raised section of highway constructed, standing in mud. LS Old market, long low buildings in BG. Trucks and cars parked in FG, looks like fairgrounds. Shot of people shopping at market stalls, people buying. CU Woman wrapping vegetables in paper. Man holding up small birdcage, couple stands across table. SV A stall with people looking at the goods. Shot of man behind table of phonograph records. He pulls his collar up over his ears - a cold winter day. CU Table of eggs - lots of eggs; stacked up 5 or 6 layers. The SCU Egg stall. Another shot straight on of egg table with vendors standing behind it. Back at the domes we see the market in full swing with people wandering about and looking at stalls. LV Domes with people in them. (Pan). Low As people walking around the dome. SV People walking in and out of domes. Shot outside dome, folks walking by. Outside another dome with products visible inside. Interior dome with much activity & commerce. GV Int. one of the domes with people looking around stalls. People queuing up at stalls. Man & boys looking at goods on sale. Women buying fruit. Crowd inside. GV Ext. the domes with people walking round. LV The new market. Exterior dome. | |
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