China Clay

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

508

Date Released

20 Sep 1964

Date recorded

21 Aug 1964

Length of issue (in feet)

699

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1China Clay
2. 2Table Mountain Railway
3. 3Water Gardens

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: It’s an eerie scene. Just like a lunar landscape. Yet Pic’s journey into space has come as far as Cornwall, where the vast China-clay pits are man-made and robot-controlled. Powerful hoses explode the clay from the rock-face and send it cascading down the quarry. Then the rivers of clay become the lifelines of many industries.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture; Mining

Locations

Cornwall; England; St Austell

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Richard Norton

Length of story (in feet)

178

Story extras:

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