New Crane Speeds Big Building 1965

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Title reads: "CRANE SPEEDS BIG BUILDING".

Battersea, London.

L/S new portal crane - nicknamed "Little David" - moving across building site with skip full of concrete. L/S people watching as crane moves along. High angled shot looking down from the crane as it moves along. M/S driver's...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
55136
Sort Number:
65/008
Time in/Out:
01:02:09:00 / 01:03:19:00
Canister:
65/8
Film ID:
1788.03
Issue Date:
25/01/1965

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