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Highest Dam

Date released

23 Jul 1956

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1416

NoS ID

021072

Story no

6 / 7

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Highest Dam. DESCRIPTION: They’re building a huge dam in Switzerland, which involves the laying of many tons of concrete. 1,400 workers are on the job and when finished in two years...

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Balloon Houses

Date released

4 Dec 1941

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

41/97

NoS ID

099174

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

A new type of house takes shape. This is a concrete igloo, and by spraying cement onto a giant balloon, letting the cement set and then deflating the balloon, the igloo is built, taking no more than 14 hours.

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Testing the Stadium Stands at Wembley. After an Exhaustive Test with Cement Bags ... 1000s of Men Requisitioned to Prove Stability of Structure

Date released

26 Feb 1923

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1245

NoS ID

079260

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Cement bags placed on stadium. Crowd move up and down to test stadium.

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Cement mermaids

Series name

Astra Gazette

Issue no

4

NoS ID

000041

Story no

4 / 4

Pathe’s Database Entry for this item: "Date : 8/15/55 CEMENT MERMAIDS (Weybridge) CU Camera pans up tails of cement mermaids. LS Bernard Jepson working on mermaid. CU of the artist about to paint the lips...

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Concrete Sculpture

Date released

31 Aug 1933

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

639

NoS ID

333272

Story no

2 / 4

NoS Summary - statues in concrete which are to decorate the exterior of a French church. British Pathe synopsis: "A French Sculptor has perfected the making of Statuary in reinforced concrete, notably in the...

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New Airport Hotel

Date released

3 Aug 1970

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2148

NoS ID

028417

Story no

3 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Topping Out Ceremony. DESCRIPTION: They’ve finished building the new Excelsior luxury hotel at Glasgow Airport, and Under-Secretary of State for Scotland George Younger performs the...

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Reshaping the Landscape Round a Cement Works

Date released

1944

Series name

Worker and Warfront

Issue no

13

NoS ID

156847

Story no

2 / 4

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Precise Control: Toughened Cement

Date released

1976

Series name

Living Tomorrow

Issue no

182

NoS ID

325771

Story no

1 / 4

COI synopsis: Extending precise control to some new and unusual areas. Glass, renowned for its brittle nature, and common cement, which shatters at the least blow, can now be mixed in precisely controlled...

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News Flashes - Stop Press

Date released

24 Nov 1941

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1120

NoS ID

038059

Story no

4 / 5

US cement factory.

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Movietone’s News - Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Queen Mary Grounds Near Cherbourg

Date released

6 Jan 1949

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1022A

NoS ID

015503

Story no

2 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen Mary Aground Off Cherbourg. DESCRIPTION: A sudden squall caused the liner to go aground on Les Salinas sandbank. Tugs pulled her off and back at Southampton cement is poured into...

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