| THE LIME MEN Lime Quarry in Yorkshire | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6783 |
| Catalog #: | 494147 | |
| Clip Number: | 494147-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 257 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/MINING: Lime | |
| Description: | THE LIME MEN Lime quarry. Processes involved in blasting, crushing and grading limestone. near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England WS cliff wall of quarry. MS 2 men (not the laborers) inside a cave dug into bottom of cliff; one man is pointing at things and explaining to other man; they walk off into tunnel? at rt. WS cliff; part of wall collapses. Next, shot seen inside oval frame: trucks parked in a row along dirt road running beside river; truck in FG is stopped under a chute at rt. LS pan on chute: workers at top dump rocks onto chute and the rocks slide down to land in back of truck. LS trucks driving toward cam. General view of work going on at quarry- -engine pushing a car on a small railroad; kilns - -squat stone structure w/ angled walls- -at rt., piles of rock, a few workers here and there, more machinery in BG, etc. MS workers pushing cart of stones into arched opening of kiln. View from inside of workers coming in w/ cart. LS big crushing and grading machine: there is a great big turning cylinder at the top of the machine, several different long tall "escalators" carrying lime in various stages, etc. etc. Another LS view of machine, seen in oval frame. LS (in oval frame): barge on canal; bargeman pushing with long pole against bank. | |
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