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Roving Camera Reports: Grain Elevator Fire

Date released

9 Jan 1947

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

1358

NoS ID

065763

Story no

9 / 12

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Secret World of Megastructures, The (1999)

Subject

Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 48 minutes), $119.00

This video examines the psychology and symbolism of skyscrapers as well as the engineering behind them. It discusses materials and techniques, the use of horizontal elevator shuttles, and the concept of...

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News in Flashes

Date released

31 Jan 1957

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2705

NoS ID

047125

Story no

3 / 9

Fire destroys big grain elevator.

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Fight Wheat Fire

Date released

27 Feb 1933

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

209

NoS ID

032511

Story no

2 / 6

£300,000 grain elevator goes up in smoke. Hindered by icy weather 300 firemen wage all-night battle with blaze.

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New York Goes to Ground: Liftmen Go on Strike

Date released

8 Oct 1945

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1524

NoS ID

039727

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

2,000 elevator operators, on strike for five days, paralyse business life in New York.

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New York Walks Up

Date released

13 Mar 1936

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

526

NoS ID

034410

Story no

2 / 7

Extras

1 shot list

No lifts, no heat! First pictures of serious elevator-strike, of which settlement is now being attempted.

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Bygones: The Harvest (1998)

Subject

Agriculture

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 40 minutes), £14.95

A BYGONES Special by Anglia Television, recording the memories of a group of retired farm workers in 1975, memories going back to the turn of the century. The programme goes through the key operations:...

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Denby Washery

Date released

Dec 1947

Series name

Mining Review 1st Year

Issue no

4

NoS ID

334735

Story no

3 / 3

BFI Summary - The coal washeries at Denbigh. COI Commentary - To the Denby Hall Washery in Nottinghamshire, come trucks from three local collieries. Eventually, when drifts have been dug, the coal will...

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