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Various CUs and MSs of heavy construction machinery at work, of pile driver frames, heads and machinery, mechanical shovels, buckets and…
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Various CUs and MSs of heavy construction machinery at work, of pile driver frames, heads and machinery, mechanical shovels, buckets and…STK-ID 30842 · 1954 · 10 min 43 s, 16mm original kodachromeOpen video file ↗
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- Held by
- NFB Archives (National Film Board of Canada) via NFB Archives — stock shots
- Dates
- 1954 (indexed as 1954)
- Level
- item (source: Stock shot)
- Extent
- 10 min 43 s, 16mm original kodachrome
- Scope & content
- Various CUs and MSs of heavy construction machinery at work, of pile driver frames, heads and machinery, mechanical shovels, buckets and cabs, heavy-duty trucks, large concrete buckets being swung over to elevator hoppers by crane and emptied into hoppers. Various shots of shovel buckets biting into dirt, filling truck, of pile drivers in action. ECUs of bucket, digging, emptying into truck. Sequence on pile driver ending in FOLLOW SHOT of dismantled pile driver head swinging from crane hook, TILT UP to several pile driver frames standing in row against sky. Various HAMSs of transit (theodolite) standing by itself in excavation. Français : Divers GP et PM de machinerie lourde au travail, de charpentes d'appareils de battage, de têtes et d'engins, de pelles mécaniques, de godets et de cabines, de camions lourds, de gros godets de béton portés par une grue vers des trémies élévatrices dans lesquelles ils se déversent. Divers plans de godets de pelles mordant dans la terre, remplissant un camion, d'appareils de battage en action. Quelques TGP d'un godet creusant et se vidant dans un camion. Séquence montrant un appareil de battage et se terminant par un PLAN TRAVELLING de la tête d'un appareil démontée qui se balance au bout du crochet d'une grue, PAN VERS LE HAUT de plusieurs charpentes d'appareil de battage alignées, avec le ciel en toile de fond. Divers PM EN PL d'un théodolite seul dans une excavation.
- Places
- Montreal
- Location
- Montréal, QC · city · confidence 90% · city:geonames · found as “Montreal”
- Access & use
- Collection: National Film Board Low-resolution preview from the NFB Archives; the footage is licensed through the NFB.
- Harvested
- 2026-10-21T05:51:35Z · source datestamp n/a · nfb
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