| QUEEN OPENS CALDER HALL Queen opens first ever atomic steelworks at Calder Hall. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 8595 | |
| Catalog #: | 11455 | |
| Clip Number: | 11455-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 2886 C | |
| Timecode: | 01:38:24 - 01:40:00 | |
| Location: | Cumberland | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Dedications INDUSTRY: Metal, Iron & Steel INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Atomic / Nuclear LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England ROYALTY: British, Queen Elizabeth II (Princess Elizabeth) | |
| Description: | QUEEN OPENS CALDER HALL AND ATOM LINK TO WORKINGTON ATOMIC STEELWORKS Calder Hall, Cumberland. LS. Calder Hall steelworks. Various shots of Queen Elizabeth II pressing a release switch which formally links the Workington steelworks with the National Grid and thus makes it the first atom powered steelworks. Queen watching Bessemer furnace in action. Molten metal dripping, sparks, fire, Queen with official showing her around. Various shots of the Queen watching the rolling of a steel rail and the steel rail. Workers looking on. | |


