Pylon Men
Series
- Series Name
- Colour Pictorial
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 3
- Summary
- Pathe synopsis: Introducing a group of men who go about with their heads literally "in the clouds"...the men whose job it is to construct and maintain the National Grid which carries electricity throughout the country. Working more than a hundred feet in the air, it’s a job tht calls for skill and daring with a capital D.
- Keywords
- Engineering
- Locations
- Basingstoke; England; Hampshire
- Written sources
- Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards Used for synopsis
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- John Glen
- Length of story (in feet)
- 239
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- British Pathe Ltd
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- Address
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How to cite this record
'Pylon Men', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 090, 17 Sep 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/120267 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)