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Series

Series Name
Laing News Review

Issue

Issue No.
3
Date Released
Jul 1954
Length of issue (in feet)
1000
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1(Untitled record)
  2. 2(Untitled record)
  3. 3(Untitled record)
  4. 4(Untitled record)

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
BFI synopsis: The contract for Solway Chemicals in West Cumbria. Here we see civil engineering work involving large, heavily reinforced concrete structures for a chemical works where cement will be produced as a by-product. In some respects this contract is reminiscent of Margam.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Engineering
Locations
England; Cumbria
Written sources
British Film Institute Sources   Laing Notes, p.3 Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Franklin Engelmann
Producer
Public Relations Department, John Laing & Co. Ltd.

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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Phone
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Address
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Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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