Largest Office Building in Europe Under Construction Beside the Thames

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

52

Date Released

2 Jun 1930

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Royal Tournament at Olympia
2. 2Miss Carstairs Describes Her Motor Boat for Speed Challenge
3. 3Largest Office Building in Europe Under Construction Beside the Thames
4. 4Founders’ Day Ceremony at Chelsea Hospital

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Largest Office Building in Europe Under Construction Beside Thames. DESCRIPTION: Movietone goes aloft to inspect the largest building under construction beside The Thames. SHOTLIST: Shot of the building across the river. Shot panning along same. WE GOT THERE BY TAKING THE CRANE. Shot of the crane leaving the ground with the cameraman in same. Shots taken of the girders on the way up. Shot of the men working on the construction. Shots looking down on the construction. Close shots of the men working. Shot of the crane in the air. YOU GET FULL MARKS Mr SPARKS. Shots of the men on the building being watched by executives. Close shot of two men with bolts putting them in place.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Environment; Industry and manufacture; Engineering

Locations

London; England; County Hall

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

712

Length of story (in feet)

157

Story extras:

Film clip

Movietone IconMovietone

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

AP Archive

Email

info@aparchive.com

Web

http://www.movietone.com

Phone

+44 (0)20 7482 7482

Series held

View all series held by AP Archive