Telegraph Pole Planter

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
556
Date Released
19 Aug 1965
Date recorded
9 Jul 1965
Length of issue (in feet)
697
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
Pathe synopsis: Hours of back-breaking spade-work have been saved by a Post Office machine which plants telegraph poles with push-button ease. Only two men are needed to operate the corkscrew drill, which burrows deep down in seconds, and a hydraulic tamper which pummels the earth when the pole is in position. The GPO are on the right line this time, as is...
Keywords
Industry and manufacture
Locations
England; Buckinghamshire; Bletchley
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Wilfrid Thomas
Length of story (in feet)
208
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
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How to cite this record

'Telegraph Pole Planter', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 556, 19 Aug 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121679 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)