Little David Does Giant’s Job

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1860

Date Released

25 Jan 1965

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Sir Winston Churchill - A Tribute
2. 1Agony of Long Distance Walker
3. 2Little David Does Giant’s Job
4. 3Winners on Wheels - Racing Car Show
5. 4Winners on Wheels - Sideways Car
6. 5Winners on Wheels - Monte Carlo Rally
7. 6Time to Dream
8. 7How’s That for Sportsmanship?

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 1

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Crane. DESCRIPTION: A new crane, built to cut building time in half, has started work on a building site in Battersea. It runs on rails up and down the site and the control system gives finger-touch accuracy. There is also a new safety system by which the driver can escape harness and jump to safety from his cabin. SHOTLIST: General view from cab of crane. Crane moving along on rails. Close up of leg of crane moving along rails. Medium close up of site foreman. Medium shot of crane lifting pre-cast concrete block. Crane lowering block into position. Man leaving cab of crane by escape method.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture

Locations

London; Battersea

Card file number

89295

Credits:

Camera

John Mould

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

98

Story extras:

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