Learning to Lift

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1999
Date Released
25 Sep 1967
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Learning to Lift. DESCRIPTION: A Crane Driver’s School - run by Jones Cranes at Letchworth - features a control test. Cracking an egg with a twenty-one ton weight. SHOTLIST: LAS pan down crane lowering large weight. MLS class being taught at crane-driver’s school at Letchworth in Hertfordshire. MCU instructor teaching at blackboard. MS pupils. MCU blackboard. CU instructor. MCU instructor demonstrating mechanical grab to pupils. CU ditto. CU pupils watching. CU model mechanised grab working. MS pupils walking round school. CU sign Damaged and Unsafe Lifting Gear. MCU instructor showing pupils a collection of worn cable. CU example of unsafe cables. CU egg being held by man. MS pan up to large weight with 21 ton written on side of it. LAS crane swings weight over camera. MCU pupils watching. MS crane in cab. LAS pan weight being lowered onto egg. CU weight crushes top of egg.
Keywords
Education and training; Vehicles
Locations
England; Hertfordshire; Letchworth
Card file number
92816
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
119
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Learning to Lift', British Movietone News Issue No. 1999, 25 Sep 1967. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/27059 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)