| SEA WALL Men at work on the new sea wall between Birchington and Reculver. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7175 |
| Catalog #: | 106469 | |
| Clip Number: | 106469-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 519 | |
| Timecode: | 01:29:25 - 01:31:27 | |
| Location: | Birchington, Kent. | |
| Year Shot: | 1954 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Dams & Levees DISASTERS: Floods LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Kent | |
| Description: | SEA WALL Men at work on the new sea wall between Birchington and Reculver. Birchington, Kent. Aerial view of flooded coastal area of Kent in 1953. LS Crane working on the coast MLS men digging. & MS MS Man digging heavy clay in a trench MLS group of men shovelling cement. LS Large cranes swinging over. MS Men emptying bucket of cement from crane on to the ground. MS Two men shovelling. MS another man shovelling. MLS Pan with train of trucks carrying cement. MLS hammering in piles. MLS Man using theodilite. & CS. MLS reinforcement on concrete. MCS. man assembling the reinforcing bars. & MS MLS men working on machine which appears to make concrete blocks. MS men pushing two blocks along on overhead crane. MS lowering the blocks onto a trolley. MS driver jumps aboard engine which pulls away load of concrete blocks on trucks. LS coastline with new concrete sections. MS two men one at each end of a plank flattening down concrete LS Concrete block. MCS. man moving one of the heavy blocks. MS another man pouring bar between the concrete blocks. & CS. LS General view reinforced sea defence. | |
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