High Places

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2088
Date Released
9 Jun 1969
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Fashion Roundabout
  2. 2Take to Water
  3. 3Keep It Clean
  4. 4The Running Towers
  5. 5High Places

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: High Places. DESCRIPTION: In Paris, a job for cool heads as painters become aerial artists to clean up the Eiffel Tower. From Russia, equally high level employment for the teams erecting electricity cables across a valley a mile and a quarter wide - Probably the most hair-raising job in the world!. At Ashridge College in Hertfordshire, a pretty heart-in-the-mouth operation, lowering a 56-foot spire onto the clocktower by helicopter. SHOTLIST: LS church steeple at Ashridge College, Herts. MS spire lying on platform in road. MS spire on platform - pan to Ashridge College. TS Ashridge College. G to A helicopter above spire. MLS zoom in workmen on roof of college. G to A helicopter above spire. MLS workmen signalling to helicopter. LS pan down helicopter and spire. MLS spire lowered into position. MCU onlookers. G to A helicopter with spire. G to A helicopter lowers spire into place. G to A ditto (x3). TS zoom in crowd & weather vane. MS crowds. G to A helicopter with weather vane. Spire complete with weather vane. LS Eiffel Tower. LAS pan down Eiffel Tower. Trucking shot Eiffel Tower. 2 shots workmen painting girders. LS mountains in Siberia - pan down to men climbing up electricity cables. MS cables. MS man sitting on cable. LAS man walking on cables. LS pylons. TS man climbing up cable. MLS man climbing up cable. CU ditto. CU pylons. LAS man walking along cable.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Environment; Aviation; Industry and manufacture; Engineering
Locations
France; Paris; Hertfordshire; United Kingdom; Russia
Footage sources
France
Germany
Card file number
94827
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
258
Story extras:
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