News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Home and Away

Issue

Issue No.

1

Date Released

1955

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. The Cowal Games
• 2. The Scottish Industries Exhibition
• 3. Steam and the Atom
• 4. The Drums of Donington

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

Babcock and Wilcox synopsis: In another part of England the Castle Donington power station, with its six Babcock boilers, to steam six 100 MW generators, was also under construction; and the film takes us first of all to the Renfrew Works where a 90-ton drum for one of the boilers is being prepared for transport to site. A big haulage job this, involving a roundabout journey of over 400 miles to cover a distance "as the crow flies", of only 200 miles. When at last the drum reaches site, it has still to be hoisted over 120 feet into its final position, a job that is carried out with the quiet skill that comes of long experience.

Keywords

Engineering; Energy resources

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Synopses of the Babcock Film Magazines booklet   p4. Used for synopsis

Credits:

Sponsor

Babcock and Wilcox, Ltd.

Producer

Denis Ward

Director

Derrick Knight

Production Co.

Technical & Scientific Films Ltd.

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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