Taking The Top Off!

Series

Series Name
Gaumont Graphic

Issue

Issue No.
2070
Date Released
22 Jan 1931
Date Other
16 Jan 1931
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1"Grasshopper" Gymkhana!
  2. 3Taking The Top Off!

Story

Summary
NfO synopsis: "Startling Reduction" of the height of Northolt wireless mast, from 450 feet to 150 feet, by cutting its guy wires. And at Luton, a smokestack felled by chipping away its support structure.
Keywords
Buildings and structures; Communications; Demolition
Written sources
Newsfilm Online
Library number GR
17035
Length of story (in feet)
85
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
British Pathe Ltd (qv) also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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