| THE QUARRY FOLK OF SHROPSHIRE Stone Quarry in Shropshire | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6791 |
| Catalog #: | 445138 | |
| Clip Number: | 445138-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 278 | |
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| Location: | Shropshire, England | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY/MINING: Quarries | |
| Description: | THE QUARRY FOLK OF SHROPSHIRE Processes involved in extracting stone from a quarry in Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury, Shropshire Pan over city of Shrewsbury. Iris out. LS from inside quarry, tilt up at a corner of square hole dug deep into the ground; grass/weeds growing around edge up there; very very tall narrow ladders, which reach all the way to the top, are leaning against the wall. Pan down the quarry wall c. 70 ft to workers w/ pick-axes. MLS worker methodically raising and lowering pick-axe; he is carving out a narrow space between the wall and a big block. MS worker seen from waist down, standing on big block and pounding spikes into crack in block. MCU from beside block camera level w/ top of block; worker standing up there pounding w/ hammer. MLS big block being lifted by hook hanging on strong cable. LS tilt up: the big block hanging from crane leaning out over the quarry. LS level w/ crane ; pan rt. as it swings the block around. (This is up on ground level, forest in BG.) MS 2 workers use board as a guide to draw straight line across a stone block. MCU workers pull apart piece of block, lay it down on ground; cut side is smooth. MCU block on a sort of shelf, held tight by clamp; the shelf moves back and forth under a row of metal forks which cut grooves in the rock. MLS pan on interior of "workshop" - a shed w/ corrugated metal walls - where 5 craftsmen are at work carving stone. MS worker holding upright a carved block of stone which looks like one end of a monument. mining, minerals, quarry, quarries, labor, skilled labor, workers, carving, craftsmen, artisans, industry | |
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