| THE PYLON MEN Skill and teamwork go into the dangerous job of building electricity pylons. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6069 |
| Catalog #: | 109018 | |
| Clip Number: | 109018-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 598 | |
| Timecode: | 01:41:59 - 01:46:53 | |
| Location: | Hampshire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1966 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Electricity LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Hampshire OCCUPATIONS: Laborers | |
| Description: | THE PYLON MEN Skill and teamwork go into the dangerous job of building electricity pylons (electric towers). Hampshire. LAMS Inside uncompleted pylon. MS Two men placing their tools in belts around their waist before climbing pylon. CU As man puts hammer in bag on his back. MS As man starts to climb pylon. LAMS Man climbing pylon. MS Man climbing pylon camera pans up with him. MS Men working at top of pylon. MS Man operating winch. CU Wire on winch being taken up. MS Section of pylon being hoisted off ground. MS Ditto two men guiding it. LS Pylon section half-way up pylon. LS Pylon section being hoisted winch in fg. LS Men working at top of pylon as section reaches them MS Two men working on insulators lying on ground. MS Man constructing insulators. CU Ditto. LALS Men on pylon branch. MS Tractor moving away from camera pulling wire which is in turn hoisting insulators. MS Insulators being lifted off ground. LS Ditto. LAMS Ditto. LS Tractor pulling wire which is hoisting insulators in bg. up pylon. LALS As insulators reach pylon branch zoom in to em’s. as man walks out to insulators along branch. C.S. Tractor as driver stops it. C.S. Men securing insulators to pylon zoom out to l.s. LS Crane carrying roll of wire. MS As man takes covering from spool of wire. CU Wire. LS About 20 spools of wire all uncovered. LAMS Pylon. CU Cables on ground. CU Cables passing camera on ground as they are played out to pylons. MS Cables starting to move across river. MS Cable going out over large wheel. MS Man sitting on machine which is paying out the cable. MS Drums of cable as cable is pulled off. LS Ditto. MS Cable being played out over pulleys. LS Cable playing out machine with cable spools behind it. CU Man talking into microphone inside cable machine. CU Man talking over walkie-talkie. LALS As cable is fed into insulator on pylon. MS Man talking on walkie-talkie. MS Cables rising into the air past camera pylons in bg. MS Man sawing cable. CU Ditto. MS Man bringing another cable end from a new spool to the man who was sawing to join them together. CU Cables joining. LS Cable being fed through insulator. LS Two cable paying out machines paying out cable. MS Machine taking up cable. CU Cable sliding across ground. MS As Cables move onto pylon camera is in between cables as they move. MS Cable paying out machine. MS Cable coming off drum. MS Four cables moving across ground. MS Cable paying out machine. CU Cable paying out machine. LALS As man climbs down insulator onto cable car. LAMS As man moves cable car along cable. LS Cable car going along cables. LAMS As man in cable car attaches distance piece to cable. MS Man on ground holding rope attached to cable car. LAMS Man in cable car starting to move himself along cable. MS Man on ground turns round and starts to pull on rope that moves cable car. MS Man in cable car moving along cable. L.A. Along rope as it pulls cable car along. LAMS Completed pylon. LS Completed pylons. | |
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