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Egyptian Delegation Visit Electricity Installations

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2457
Date Released
4 Jul 1976
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Queen Opens New Lion Terrace
  2. 2Army Display
  3. *Egyptian Delegation Visit Electricity Installations

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Egyptian Delegation Visit Electricity Installations. DESCRIPTION: A delegation from Egypt toured the Electricity Supply Board’s plant at Turlough Hill. Earlier in their visit to Ireland a ‘Declaration of Intent’ had been signed on behalf of the Egyptian Government, for the two countries to co-operate in training, design, etc. in the field of Electricity Supply. SHOTLIST: GAV Turlough Hill Upper Reservoir. NAS ditto. GV Turlough Hill in County Wicklow. LV minibus containing the Egyptian delegation and Irish party climbing the mountain road. SV buses towards camera. SV Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Ahman Sultan stepping out of the minibus. SV PM Ahman Sultan with ESB executives and Mr Maher Abaza, pan to the Upper Reservoir. SCU Ahman Sultan looking at reservoir. SV Maher Abaza (First Under Secretary to the Egyptian Department of Electricity and Energy). SV two other men. SV Ahman Sultan with others looking at the Upper Reservoir. GAV Turlough Hill Upper Reservoir. TS tracking shot from the bus past Upper Reservoir. SV Maher Abaza sitting in bus. SV Ahman Sultan sitting in bus as it travels past the Upper Reservoir shot through windscreen as bus passes Upper Reservoir. GAV of the Upper Reservoir. SV pan as the minibus with the Egyptian delegation entering tunnel into the power station. SV pan another bus entering the power station. SV interior. Delegation being explained the technical details in the control room. LV ditto (x2), SV ditto, SCU ditto, SV ditto. SV delegation looking at the control panel. SV control panel, pan up to delegation. SV pan delegation and ESB officials. SV ditto, SCU ditto. SV Ahman Sultan looking at more control panel. SV ESB official explaining to Ahman Sultan switchboard gear. SV ditto. GV exterior ESB Training Centre at Port’laois (say ‘Leesch). SV ESB Training Centre. SV Irish lecturer discussing rural electrification lines, construction and tapping ten KV lines for connections of low voltage supply lines. Pan delegation listening. LV ditto. SV delegation listening. SCU ditto. SV ditto. LV lecturer, delegation in f/g. SCU pan delegation listening. SV ditto. GV pan exterior training pole where all types of masts gives trainees the opportunity to acquaint themselves with procedure of line stringing and servicing. SV ESB engineers line stringing. CU ditto. Engineer up top of pole. SV Egyptian delegation being explained technical details. AS engineer fixing lines up pole. SV ditto. ESB officials with delegates. Pan to rural transformer being serviced on mast. SCU ditto. SV Egyptian engineers helping to bind an isolated high tension line. SCU ditto, AS ditto. CU ditto. GV Egyptians watching pole erections by a special design equipment which illuminates any physical labour, each mast is erected in a few minutes. CU as delegates watch pole being sunk into the ground. SV ditto. SV crane operator. AS as another pole is being sunk into the ground. SV delegates watching. GAV of the Turlough Hill Upper Reservoir. BGAV ditto.
Local distribution only
Ireland release only
Keywords
Education and training; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Vehicles; Foreign relations; Business and commerce; Industry and manufacture; Engineering
Locations
Republic of Ireland
Card file number
76/108
Credits:
Camera
George Fleishchmann
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
554
Story extras:

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