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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.

BRICK AND PIN THROWING CONTEST

Brick And Pin Throwing Contest (1967)

Men and women take part in brick and rolling pin throwing...

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...

PLASTIC BRICKS

Plastic Bricks (1967)

Plastic bricks are used to build houses. London.

HANDLERS

Handlers (1929)

How timber and bricks are transported - various machinery is demonstrated at Surrey Docks.

REAL WRESTLING!

Real Wrestling! (1934)

Hans Brick wrestles with a tiger but they are still good friends.

PROTESTANT PASTOR BRICKED UP aka PROTESTANT PASTOR WALLED IN HOUSE BY CATHOLIC...

Protestant Pastor Bricked Up AKA Protestant Pastor Walled In House By Catholic... (1958)

Protestant...

WOMEN WORKERS BUDAPEST

Women Workers Budapest (1972)

Women work in brickyard in Hungarian Capital.

BRICK CHAPEL

Brick Chapel (1954)

Father Thompson holds services in converted air raid shelter chapel.

WOMEN PAVING WAY TO VICTORY

Women Paving Way To Victory (1914-1918)

Women stacking bricks in street.

BRICKMAKERS - TRAILER

Brickmakers - Trailer (1946)

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

UNDER 5'S TOYS

Under 5's Toys (1968)

Children play with new nursery furniture and toys at Design Centre. London.

ROAD REPAIRS

Road Repairs (1925)

Men lay bricks - very short segment of film.

TREE FALLS THROUGH ROOF IN STORM aka IN THE PATH OF THE GREAT GALE

Tree Falls Through Roof In Storm AKA In The Path Of The Great Gale (1916)

Shots of tree...

BRICKLAYERS CRASH HAT

Bricklayers Crash Hat (1937)

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

FLOODS HIT SHEEP FARMERS

Floods Hit Sheep Farmers (1956)

River boats rescue marooned sheep during Australian floods.

REBUILDING PART OF BERLIN WALL

Rebuilding Part Of Berlin Wall (1966)

East German soldiers rebuilding the wall with large white...

MASS BRICKLAYING IN BIRMINGHAM

Mass Bricklaying In Birmingham (1938)

Children buy and lay bricks for a new babies' block at Edgbaston...

SUPER TANKS DEMONSTRATED IN FRANCE

Super Tanks Demonstrated In France (1938)

Tanks mow down trees and brick walls in a demonstration in...

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...

WALL OF BOTTLES aka EMPTY BOTTLE FENCE issue title reads HEADS AND TAILS

Wall Of Bottles AKA Empty Bottle Fence Issue Title Reads Heads And Tails (1938)

Unusual front...

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...

DAREDEVIL CAR CRASH IN LOS ANGELES

Daredevil Car Crash In Los Angeles (1938)

Carey Loftin purposely crashes his car into a brick wall,...

A WORKMAN AND HIS MATE

A Workman And His Mate (1940)

Two chimpanzees make an attempt to do some brick laying in an American...

NOVELIST BRICKLAYER

Novelist Bricklayer (1961)

Novelist Dennis Wheatley and his hobby of brick laying at his home in...

QUEER EATS

Queer Eats (1931)

Man appears to eat all kinds of things - glass, brick, a clay pipe etc.

"Smash ... But Impossible To Grab"! (1932)

Demonstration of new anti theft device - throw a brick...

MR CHURCHILL VISITS A GUN STATION

Mr Churchill Visits A Gun Station (1942)

PM Winston Churchill visits an anti-aircraft battery, lays a...

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...

NEWS FLASHES - LONDON BUS CRASH

News Flashes - London Bus Crash (1953)

A bus crashes through a brick wall and hangs 20 ft above...

CHURCHILL THE MAN - Commonwealth Version - Reel 2

Churchill The Man - Commonwealth Version - Reel 2 (1950-1959)

Biopic tracing the life of Prime Minister...

CHURCHILL THE MAN Reel 1

Churchill The Man Reel 1 (1950-1959)

Biopic tracing the life of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

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...