Full titles read: "THE MAN AND THE MACHINE - Filmed at Brighton (East Sussex)."

L/S's of huge machine being used to make a new coastal road near Brighton. Several shots of the workmen operating the various tubes, funnels and nozzles on the contraption. M/S's of gravel flowing down a trough and being spread out by the workers.

Several good shots of men hacking away with pick axes on the side of a very steep cliff. L/S of large boulder being forced away from the side of the cliff it tumbles down the cliff and breaks into many pieces.

The narrator concludes - "And so the task goes on man and machine working together to build a road that will make are way smoother along this pretty coast."