| PYROTECHNICS Setting Up for Fireworks Display | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6793 |
| Catalog #: | 445216 | |
| Clip Number: | 445216-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 284 | |
| Timecode: | 01:23:35 - 01:27:39 | |
| Location: | United Kingdom | |
| Year Shot: | 1925 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT: Fireworks | |
| Description: | PYROTECHNICS Preparations for a large firework display - some night shots of the fireworks. United Kingdom LS pan : workman unloads, carries pieces of framework with strings of fireworks attached; he lays frame on ground in a row w/ many others; another man on ladder setting up bigger fireworks on a beam in BG. LS pan - now a giant wall of framework squares attached to tall poles, w/ fireworks criss crossing. MS of workers securing frames together or attaching fireworks to the frames. CU worker squatting, tying fireworks to frame. Back to WS of the giant frame wall; more sections being carried to it. WS row of tall thin poles with lines criss-crossing between them at various angles. MS old man tying a missile to a board along with others. LS raising a big pinwheel; it is pulled up by ropes into a vertical position. MLS man loading long sticks with explosives on the end along one side of a sawhorse. MLS workers placing round fireworks in a long row next to another row of pipes placed vertically in a ditch. MCU 2 men kneel on ground, lift round thing into pipe. Pinwheel lit up in the sky. WS fireworks display: missiles firing and lights flashing. Wall of fire looks like waterfall - cool. CU man opening a cabinet (which is decorated with Egyptian heiroglyphics!) to show controls inside - turning wheels. Back to cool WS looking up at missiles criss crossing through the sky. Big fiery star, changing like kaleidescope. Elephant shapes outlined in white dots walking and spraying sparks. Ends there. A pretty spectacular show. Wonder what if looked like in color? Fireworks, pyrotechnics, entertainment, spectacle, workers, skills, hazardous, dangerous, explosives | |
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