Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Movietone’s USA Report - Pouring Out a House

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
874A
Date Released
7 Mar 1946
Date submitted
4 Mar 1946
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 7
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pouring Out a House. DESCRIPTION: A new method of house building, concrete is poured into a steel frame and when it hardens the inner frame is stripped away. SHOTLIST: KS MS concrete house under construction. Various shots of concrete house being made. A "Tournalayer", huge machine places the outer form of steel over the inner form of steel. Concrete is then poured into the space between. "Tournalayer" lifts out steel off and there is the house. Girl enters house. Interior of house, girl at dressing table, seated before mirror powdering her face; another room girl seated on sofa reading newspaper.
Keywords
Industry and manufacture
Locations
Texas; Longview
Footage sources
USM?
Card file number
46602
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
53
Story extras:

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Movietone’s USA Report - Pouring Out a House', British Movietone News Issue No. 874A, 7 Mar 1946. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/13767 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)