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Shipping (1910-1919)

Footage of shipyards and large ships.

Load Being Lifted (1910-1920)

Scrap metal lifted by large magnet.

Russian Revolution Compilation Reel 1 (1910-1919)

Various material featuring events before, during and...

Pontoon Bridges (1914-1918)

Australian Anzacs build bridges over the River Nile in Egypt.

Britannic (1914)

Item showing new funnel for SS Britannic.

Launch Of Hmhs Britannic (1914-1918)

Launching of SS Britannic at Belfast.

Riveting (1918)

Workers riveting a large pipe.

High Lifers (1920-1929)

Men who work very high in the air are featured - on towers and scaffolding.

Ship Building (1920-1929)

Footage of large cranes in shipyards.

Gothenburg Exhibition (1920-1929)

Construction work in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Lakehurst Zri Airship (1920-1929)

Footage of the Lakehurst ZRI airship.

A Big Lift (1920-1929)

Floating crane at Ipswich Docks lifts lock gate for inspection.

Sheffield Cavalcade (1920-1929)

Enormous car factory being built at Sheffield - good footage of cars on...

Railroad Work (1920-1929)

Construction on railway track.

Shipbuilding (1920-1930)

Item showing ship and launcher being built.

Stalin Record A - Reel 1 (1920-1939)

Various Stalin material gathered from various sources - some "UN"...

Jerusalem (1920-1939)

Life in Jerusalem - religion, leisure, work, housing, agriculture etc.

A Novel Dredger (1922)

"Modern" dredger is shown in action.

The Story Of A Brick (1923)

Processes involved in making bricks are shown.

A Tall Story (1923)

Large wireless mast in the United States of America under construction.

British Guiana - The Country And Its Industries Reel 6 (1924)

Long documentary about life in...

Road Repairs (1925)

Men lay bricks - very short segment of film.

Wembley Exhibition Reel 4 (1925)

Great footage of the Wembley Exhibition of 1925.

The Tower - A Goole, Yorkshire Study (1926)

An enormous water tower in Goole is featured - under...

Building The Boulevard Haussmann - Paris 1926 (1926)

The Boulevard Haussmann under construction in...

Laying Pipes & Drains - Germans (1927)

Trenches are dug and large pipes lowered - a dog helps with...

Gestetner Works (1927)

Good documentary showing work in the Gestetner factory in Tottenham. c. 1927

Dam Inspection (1928-1932)

British army inspectors walk around construction site of Aswan Dam on River Nile.

The Harbour (1930)

Educational film showing the building of a harbour on the Gold Coast of West Africa.

Putting The Funnel On - 1930's (1930-1939)

Ship building footage.

The Roosevelt Story Reels 3 & 4 Spliced (1930-1949)

Biopic of the American President - lots of good...

The Road Tester (1931)

Man measures gradients of hills, road cambers, mileage, bridge heights etc.

Boom (1931)

Footage of the side of a rock face being dynamited in a quarry.

Taken For A Ride (1931)

A journey over the George Washington Bridge in New York.

Steel Men (1931)

Good footage of men at work on construction site at Marble Arch, London.

The Big Things In Life! (1931)

An ocean liner is painted or repaired. A large earth mover is featured.

In And Around Colombo (1931)

Travelogue - street scenes, traffic, men at work, washing in a river, rice...

The Biggest Dam In California (1931)

Construction of a massive dam in the United States.

Bridges While You Wait (1931)

A floating bridge is constructed by American soldiers - fast motion used...

The Road In The Sky (1931)

Men work on road construction - motorway to connect Austria to Munich high in...

Men Of The Underworld (1931)

The New York subway under construction - nice shots of men going...

Go To The Fair! (1932)

Workmen gathered together before continuing preparations for British Industries'...

The Prince Of Wales (1932)

The Prince of Wales looks over new excavation machinery at British Industries...

Real "Hustling" (1932)

Good shots of the building of the Olympic Village for the 1932 Los Angeles Games.

Il Duce's Crowning Achievement (1932)

Mussolini looks over the creation of a new city in Italy's...

Some Tunnel! (1932)

King Albert of Belgium visits the site of a new tunnel under the Scheldt waterway.

The Man And The Machine On The Sleeve As The Man The Machiner (1932)

Good footage of machinery...