The End Column: House breaking - The St Louis Post Office

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

456A

Date Released

3 Mar 1938

Date submitted

1 Mar 1938

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Soviet Saga of Polar heroism
2. 2The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Tornado havoc in Louisiana
3. 3The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Tragic disaster in Sydney Harbour
4. 4The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Ruined Teruel re-captured
5. 5The Front Page: Reported by Leslie Mitchell: Schuschnigg yields and faces Parliament
6. 6The End Column: Bridge launching
7. 7The End Column: House breaking - The St Louis Post Office
8. 8Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Queen Mary at Westminster Hospital
9. 9Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Joseph Kennedy, New US Ambassador
10. 10Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Norman Ridgeley, Ishbel MacDonald’s husband
11. 11Personality Column: Conducted by Leslie Mitchell: Madame Schmeder at Sussex wedding
12. 12Sports Page: Cambridge crew on the Cam and at Thorpeness
13. 13Sports Page: Oxford and Cambridge Athletic Trials
14. 14Sports Page: Empire Games race dispute
15. 15Sports Page: The King attends Boys’ Boxing

Story

Story No. within this Issue

7 / 15

Section Title

The End Column

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pulling Down Post Office. SHOTLIST: The St Louis Post Office is demolished by means of a 3 ton ball suspended from a crane, and swung against the masonry. It takes three weeks this way, a year by hand.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Engineering

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

32717

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

35

Story extras:

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