Forklift Rough Rider

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2279A

Date Released

8 Feb 1973

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Forklift Rough Rider. DESCRIPTION: New forklift for use on building sites and other rough ground - a valuable aid for Britain’s construction industry. SHOTLIST: SCU M40 forklift truck, forks being raised. SV truck being manoeuvred on building site. SCU driver. SV lift mast of truck being tilted backwards from vertical. 2 CUs showing tilt mechanism as tilt mast tilts forwards. Forks being tilted forwards. SV lift mast tilts forwards from vertical. CU stack of bricks SLV M40 picking up stack of bricks on pallet. GV pan building site showing rough muddy ground. CU pan ruts in ground. SV zoom back to LV truck transporting bricks over rough ground. SCU zoom in ditto showing lift mast tilting to compensate for rough ground. SCU driver at controls. SV people watching. SV stack of bricks being raised to platform from which people are watching, zoom in to bricks. GV people watching from platform. SV M40 with bucket substituted for forks to dig and lever ground, zoom in on bucket. CU wheel spinning in mud, pan from front to back wheel. SV pan transporting section of sewage pipe.

Keywords

Vehicles

Locations

Leatherhead

Card file number

98831

Credits:

Commentator: Leonard Martin
Camera: Reginald William Smith

Length of story (in feet)

122

Story extras:

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