The Pylon Men

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

598

Date Released

9 Jun 1966

Date recorded

13 May 1966

Length of issue (in feet)

684

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Stage-Struck Shetlands
2. 2The Pylon Men

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 2

Summary

Pathe synopsis: The men who lay the electric power lines over the land do a tough and dangerous job. High tension is their business and you’ll be as thrilled as any circus audience when you see their real-life danger man act stringing the 40,000-volt high wire through the 160-foot-high steel towers. All-weather work it is, but they set the pylons marching across the land, two-and-a-half-miles a week, adding their own grandeur and drama to the landscape as they go.

Keywords

Engineering

Locations

England; Hampshire

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

441

Story extras:

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