Esb Cable School

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2506
Date Released
12 Jun 1977
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Queen’s Silver Jubilee Celebrations
  2. *Esb Cable School

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Electricity Supply Board Cable School. DESCRIPTION: The Electricity Supply Board of Ireland is gaining an international reputation for its consultancy, training facilities and expertise. At the ESB Cable School in Dublin, and at various other locations, students from Bahrain learn the modern techniques of building and maintaining an Electricity Supply System. The training and guidance is also continued in Bahrain itself, where ESB staff reside with their families. SHOTLIST: GV ESB Headquarters in Dublin. GV interior Cable School - Bahrain pupils at work on cables. SV Bahrain pupil ditto watched by inspector. MS pupil soldering cable. GV cable school with Martin Stautan instructing pupils on various types of cables. Pupils watching as instructor demonstrates cable. SV ditto. CU instructor with cable. SV boy and instructor. SV ditto. FC exterior zoom in Tralee Bay. GV (old style) Trabert Generating Station. GV interior trainees walk round and view generators about to be commissioned. LV ditto. SV control panel. SV Ahmed Ali Juma being shown operating in the control room by Tom Prendergast (control room operator) SV Juma and Prendergast. SV control panel. SCU Prendergast pan to Juma. Interior ESB Training School in progress in Tralee. Instructor at blackboard. SV pupils listening. Instructor addresses class. SV pupils listening. Instructor addresses class. SV pupils wiring up meter and fuse boxes. CU ditto. SV instructor and pupils at fuse board. SV pupil welding. CU ditto. GV Bahraini electricians under supervision carrying out maintenance work at switch station. Various shots of trainees being instructed in maintenance work. GV main street in Bahrain. GV Bahrain. GV Bahrain state workers being instructed by Tom English in preparation of cables. Various scenes ditto. CU Arab-type watching. SV trainee gets into a JCB watched by instructor Gerry Kavanagh. SV Arab children watching. Various trainees given instructions in driving of JCB. CU Kavanagh. GV trees, flowers and houses in Awali where Europeans live. LV ditto. SV family groups. GV tennis courts - game in progress. SV spectators. SV tennis game. GV swimming pool. SV youngsters dive into pool. SV bathers watching. SV kids swimming around. GV swimming pool. GV JCB tractor carrying electricity pole. SV ditto. CU pan along pole to JCB. CU trainee watching. CU word ‘Electricity’ (on coat). CU trainee clamping pole to grabs on JCB watched by Tom English. SV ditto. CU Arab watching. CU Tom English. Various of pole being moved into position by JCB. GV Tralee Bay (Ireland). Mohammed Moosa Ali climbing pole with irons watched by instructors. Various - Ali working up pole watched by instructors. Ali down pole pan to ESB track and countryside. Two boys on grass watching events. Ali, 5000 miles from home, in traditional dress faces east and prays. At night - lights on the Stillorgan Road, Dublin. Mr Brendan O’Dwyer, Lighting Engineer, explains photo-electric switching system of lights to Bahraini trainees. Various shots ditto. GV lights and traffic in the Stillorgan Road.
Local distribution only
Ireland release only
Keywords
Education and training; Industry and manufacture
Locations
Dublin; Republic of Ireland; Bahrain; Tralee
Card file number
77/78
Credits:
Camera
George Fleishchmann
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
726
Story extras:

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