Trouble in the Pipes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1758
Date Released
11 Feb 1963
Date submitted
7 Feb 1963
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Trouble in the Pipes
  2. 2The Sport of Stones
  3. 3Down on the Deck
  4. 4The Cream at Cruft’s
  5. 5That Elusive Four Hundred

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Trouble in the Pipes. DESCRIPTION: Portable generators are bringing a very effective answer to frozen pipes. London’s Metropolitan Water Board claim that this particular method avoids the risk of fire. While one lead is attached to the tap in the house, the other is fixed to the Mains outside. Then, start the generator. The secret is a current flow of low voltage but high amperage. Gas pipes which are often fractured by the movement of frozen ground resulted in a number of people dying from gas poisoning this Winter. They’re experimenting with plastic pipes and where necessary, replacing old cast-iron ones with ductile iron pipes. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS lorry arrives trailing generator. MS Metropolitan Water Board men get out of lorry. CU unloading wire. MS MWB men ring at door. CU woman opens door. MS MWB men enter house. CU attaching wire to tap over sink (2 shots). CU attaching other end of wire to stopcock (2 shots). MS cranking generator. CU man. CU cranking generator. CU MWB sign on generator. CU dials. CU tap and water starts to run. CU plug-hole. CU pouring tea. CU woman. MS woman handing MWB men cups of tea. CU MWB man drinking tea. GV gasworks. MLS men working on gas pipes. Men fixing new gas pipes in ground (3 shots). GV gasworks.
Keywords
Weather; Engineering
Locations
London; Wimbledon; Tooting; Brixton
Card file number
85996
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
140
Story extras:
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