• Short Summary

    'Tight Rope' act by London Trams. Extension of underground railway occasions precarious chasm crossings?

  • Description

    ENGLAND,London.Hammersmith,

    GV tilt down "Chasm" lined with metal rings.TITLE: down below
    (0.04)

    GV underground tunnel, man crouched on strut strung across width of tunnel hammering away.
    (0.07)

    GV tilt down duct, men working at bottom.
    (15sec)

    MV man at work underground securing line.
    (0.17)

    GV skip full of soil drawn upwards through "chasm" to ground level.
    (0.22)

    SV man working above ground(?) lowering blocks into place.
    (0.45)

    GV tunnel face, 2 men working on bar strung across width of tunnel.
    (0.57)

    MV man securing line underground.
    (1.01)

    MV section of tunnel showing winch(?).
    (1.04)
    Background: 'Tight Rope' act by London Trams. Extension of underground railway occasions precarious chasm crossings at Hammersmith / construction

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    VLVA90YBPUE62C4BV86BT4B1S9WCC
    Media URN:
    VLVA90YBPUE62C4BV86BT4B1S9WCC
    Group:
    Reuters - Gaumont Graphic Newsreel
    Archive:
    Reuters
    Issue Date:
    05/01/1931
    Sound:
    Unknown
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:06:00
    Time in/Out:
    /
    Canister:
    N/A

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