| PRISON WALLS MAKE COTTAGE HOMES Scenes showing the demolition of an old prison at Devizes. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5365 |
| Catalog #: | 242421 | |
| Clip Number: | 242421-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1402 | |
| Timecode: | 01:42:56 - 01:44:42 | |
| Location: | Devizes, Wiltshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1927 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DEMOLITION: Buildings LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Wiltshire | |
| Description: | Prison walls make cottage homes. Mighty cable cuts through thick walls of 124 year old convict prison "like cheese" - during demolition to make new housing estate. Devizes, Wiltshire M/S of a dust cloud, as men watch. Slow motion as a huge wall collapses, showing the architectural detail of a row of arches as they fall away. The building falls in sections like huge chunks or slices of cake . Repeated shots, all slightly different, some in slow motion in a long sequence. | |
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