PYLON MEN - British Pathé

Pylon Men 1956

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Description

Basingstoke, Hampshire.

M/S three men lift large insulator coil into position at the foot of a pylon . Low angle shot of pylon; lovely blue sky behind. Scenic shot of countryside, man walks into frame and he climbs up pylon. Various shots of men climbing and working on the pylon. One man gets...

Tags

Basingstoke electricity work power National Grid Hampshire

Data

Cataloguer:: Margaret
Stock:: Colour
Sound:: Sound
Media URN:: 1213

Time in/Out:: 01:43:30:00 / 01:46:00:00
Canister:: CP 090
Film ID:: 53.20

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Categories: Trade & Industry
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