Building Britain

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2021
Date Released
26 Feb 1968
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Underground
  2. 2Ocean Design
  3. 3Office Oarsman
  4. 4Bikini Barber
  5. 5Building Britain

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Building Britain. DESCRIPTION: A private enterprise Research Centre in Surrey is testing building components, simulating the effects of fire upon brick walls. In Reading, an unusual Topping Out ceremony features Milk and Pinta Girls. In Trafalgar Square, Nelson’s Column gets it’s first proper clean-up since it was built in 1844. SHOTLIST: GV pan Redland Research building. MS men working at drawing board. MS tiles wind tunnel. MS propeller starts turning at entrance to wind tunnel. LS tiles being tested in wind tunnel. CU water being driven onto tiles by wind. MS ditto. MLS brick wall being tested for the effects of a fire. CU pan ditto. MS brick wall being subjected to pressure as if it were part of a building. MCU man at controls. MS wall starts to crumble due to pressure. CU flames heating wall. CU wall crumbling. CU man at controls. CU as wall completely collapses. GV garage under construction in Reading. LS tree on roof of garage. TS looking down at ground from roof. Pan up to two Pinta Girls on roof with workers. MCU Pinta Girl gives glass of milk to workman, who drinks it. MS Pinta Girl gives glass of milk to bulldozer driver. MCU ditto. GV The National Gallery looking from top of Nelson’s Column. GV Nelson’s Column with scaffolding around it. MS statue of Nelson at top of Column. TS fountain in Trafalgar Square looking from top of column. TS ditto. CU one of statues around fountain. GV The National Gallery zoom into jet of water from fountain. GV The National Gallery. MS children feeding pigeons in Trafalgar Square. Pan up statue of Nelson at top of column. CU ditto - pan down to his arm. CU medals on statue. MS workman climbing statue of Nelson - then he kisses it!
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Food and cooking; Women; Fires; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Birds; Pollution; Animals; Engineering
Locations
London; England; Reading; Horsham
Card file number
93269
Credits:
Camera
John Mould
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
221
Story extras:
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