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BRICKS

Bricks (1940-1949)

Educational film showing various stages of brick making.

BRICKS FOR 10 HOUSES A DAY

Bricks For 10 Houses A Day (1938)

Process of brick making - from clay digging to a house building.

BRICKS BY THE MILLION - FILMED AT FLETTON

Bricks By The Million - Filmed At Fletton (1933)

Processes involved in making bricks.

THE STORY OF A BRICK

The Story Of A Brick (1923)

Processes involved in making bricks are shown.

BRICKS FOR HOUSES

Bricks For Houses (1940-1949)

Educational film showing various stages of brick making.

BRICKS OF OLD

Bricks Of Old (1938)

The process of making bricks by hand is shown at a family business in county Durham.

BRICKS BY THE MILLION!

Bricks By The Million! (1935)

Bricks made a Peterborough brickworks and two chimneys demolished in...

 

 

WOMEN WORKERS BUDAPEST

Women Workers Budapest (1972)

Women work in brickyard in Hungarian Capital.

BRICKMAKERS - TRAILER

Brickmakers - Trailer (1946)

A short animated trailer film encouraging men to take jobs as brickmakers.

ROAD REPAIRS

Road Repairs (1925)

Men lay bricks - very short segment of film.

BRICKLAYERS CRASH HAT

Bricklayers Crash Hat (1937)

Bricklayer wears motorcycle crash helmet when carrying bricks up ladder. ...

MODERN BRICKLAYING

Modern Bricklaying (1948)

An invention by John Lambert distributes mortar along a wall enabling bricks...

OLD CRAFT LEARNS NEW WAYS

Old Craft Learns New Ways (1958)

View of slate quarry in Wales - new techniques for making bricks from...

BIRMINGHAM'S LORD MAYOR INAUGURATES A NEW HOUSING SCHEME

Birmingham's Lord Mayor Inaugurates A New Housing Scheme (1938)

The Mayor of Birmingham places a...

WORKERS' HOUSES OPENED TO CELEBRATE 5th ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF...

Workers' Houses Opened To Celebrate 5th Anniversary Of The Independence Of... (1949)

Bricks...

BUILDING A HOUSE

Building A House (1940-1949)

Educational film showing the various stages of building a house.

BUILDING RESEARCH

Building Research (1957)

Bricks, concrete, steel, flooring and lino are tested at a Building Research...

STAFF GOING INTO GATE OF VARNISH FACTORY

Staff Going Into Gate Of Varnish Factory (1920-1929)

Workers go through door in brick wall as they enter...

DELHI REFUGEES aka INDIA: VARIOUS SCENES

Delhi Refugees AKA India: Various Scenes (1948)

Various shots of temporary tents and straw...

THE GREAT CRUSADE - reel 2

The Great Crusade - Reel 2 (1937)

Fantastic film about new housing - slum dwellers are rehoused in...

BUILDERS AT WORK

Builders At Work (1947)

Good shots of bricklayers at work on building site.

SIMPLIFIED BUILDING

Simplified Building (1950)

Simple breeze block houses are constructed in Manchester.

COAL MINING

Coal Mining (1972)

Footage of miners at work.

AND GREAT WAS THE FALL THEREOF

And Great Was The Fall Thereof (1933)

A huge chimney is demolished in a factory in Lancashire.

BUILDING A CONVENT

Building A Convent (1963)

Nuns working on the building of a new Convent.

HOUSE ON RAILWAY

House On Railway (1936)

A man is building a house on a disused railway line.

NEW IDEAS TO SPEED BUILDING

New Ideas To Speed Building (1950)

Building exhibition, showing off many new inventions on Hunslet...

CRASH

Crash (1926)

Demolition of an industrial chimney.

INDUSTRIAL SCENES

Industrial Scenes (1930-1939)

Footage of various industrial scenes.

MR M. G.H ROBERTS MINISTER OF LABOUR

Mr M. G.H Roberts Minister Of Labour (1914-1918)

Minister of Labour M.G.H. Roberts inspects shell...

NEWCASTLE BRIDGE

Newcastle Bridge (1920-1930)

Construction continues on bridge at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Tyne and Wear.

MECHANICAL BRICKLAYER

Mechanical Bricklayer (1967)

Demonstration of a mechanical bricklayer called the Motor Mason....

BRICKMAKERS REQUIRED

Brickmakers Required (1946)

Trailer calling for more brickmakers.

BRICKLAYING COMPETITION

Bricklaying Competition (1952)

Torquay: bricklaying competition for apprentices.

HOLLAND - 'OPERATION DYKE' aka DUTCH FLOODS

Holland - 'operation Dyke' AKA Dutch Floods (1953)

Dutch engineers fill breeches in sea walls with...

Selected Originals - HOLLAND - 'OPERATION DYKE' aka DUTCH FLOODS

Selected Originals - Holland - 'operation Dyke' AKA Dutch Floods (1953)

Material relating to...

BUILDIN' IN THE RAIN

Buildin' In The Rain (1966)

Building site in London where builders work in the rain with aid of large...

WOMEN BRICKLAYERS

Women Bricklayers (1954)

Women bricklayers at work in Enfield, Middlesex.

DEEDS NOT WORDS

Deeds Not Words (1921)

Bricklaying, plumbing and sign painting are part of the Government training scheme...

HOUSE BUILDING MACHINE

House Building Machine (1960)

A new machine designed by Tsalkovitch and Topov aids builders in Russia.

BOY BUILDERS

Boy Builders (1945)

Pre-apprenticeship training scheme for boys who want to be bricklayers at Brixton.

CHILDREN OF BELFAST

Children Of Belfast (1970-1979)

Boys climb in and out of derelict terraced houses.

HAMMERSMITH BRIDGE

Hammersmith Bridge (1970-1975)

Footage decay on Hammersmith Bridge. London.

KING AND QUEEN AT EQUIPMENT COMPANY'S WORKS.

King And Queen At Equipment Company's Works. (1914-1918)

King George V and Queen Mary visit a factory.

SHIPPING aka LONGSHOREMEN UNLOAD BAGS

Shipping AKA Longshoremen Unload Bags (1910-1919)

Goods being unloaded from cargo vessel.

MP'S VISIT KIKUYU RESERVE

MP's Visit Kikuyu Reserve (1954)

MP's visit local builders at Kikuyu Reserve in Kenya.

WHOLESALE CHIMNEY FELLING

Wholesale Chimney Felling (1929)

Old chimneys are demolished to make way for new factories. Greenwich,...

CHIMNEY FELLING

Chimney Felling (1940)

British and French steeplejacks show different methods of bringing down a chimney.

PRE-FABS FOR THE BUSH aka PRE-FABS FOR AFRICA - CLUSTER PREFABS

Pre-Fabs For The Bush AKA Pre-Fabs For Africa - Cluster Prefabs (1952)

A show demonstrates a...

LASER BEAM

Laser Beam (1968)

Laser beams cut through thick industrial materials. Frankfurt, Germany.