| THE STORY OF A BRICK Brickmaking Start to Finish | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6723 | |
| Catalog #: | 373428 | |
| Clip Number: | 373428-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 75 | |
| Timecode: | 01:47:02 - 01:49:20 | |
| Location: | Great Britain | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Misc. INDUSTRY: Bricks LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK | |
| Description: | THE STORY OF A BRICK Processes involved in making bricks are shown. LS worker digging clay in a sort of pit, scooping shovelfuls from the clay wall into a wheelbarrow. MLS he dumps the clay from the wheelbarrow into the mixer. CU clay in mixer, w/ a thing in center turning around like in an electric mixer MS moulders shaping the bricks; young boy apprentice in FG takes them and lays them on a ridged board. A guy walks across yard pushing a one-wheeled handcart which holds two boards w/ lines of bricks. MLS he moves the bricks from the cart and stacks them to dry in the sun. Shot of men pushing carts stacked w/ bricks along a narrow path of boards laid over the ground between what look like lines of tiny houses. MLS workers making a big stack of bricks like an aztec pyramid, w/ cinders and wood between the layers. Smoke coming from kilns. Workers loading bricks onto a flatbed truck. | |
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