Construction Footage - WPA Film Library

Construction

KOREA - EX-POWS VILLAGE READY (aka FREEDOM VILLAGE FOR REPATRIATED P.O.W.'S) A village is being built to accommodate prisoners freed by the North Koreas.

TRAFFIC PROBLEM IN HOLLAND Highways scenes of traffic jams and road excavations in Utrecht, Holland

RAILWAY MODERNISATION New methods of laying railway tracks at Dinsdale on the main line between Durham and Newcastle.

MOTORWAY MACHINES The large machines used to make modern motorways, M1 - Leicester

PIPE LAYING A story about the processes involved in laying a gas pipe through the countryside.

AWAY FROM IT ALL We get away from the London traffic and visit parks, the canal and a quiet bistro.

MORE MILES FOR M6 Transport Minister Ernest Marples visits M6 and attends spot checks on lorries.

NEW TRUCK Gigantic dumper truck Belaz 549 from Soviet Union

RAILWAY TRACK LAYING Preassembled units of track are laid at Waterloo Station to prevent timetable disruption.

BRINGING THE SEA CLOSER Southern Region of British Railways electrifies and modernise its Kent lines.

Selected Originals - £2,000,000 PER MILE! Material relating to newsreel story "£2,000,000 per mile!" - 52/56

BUDAPEST HIGHWAY UNDER CONSTRICTION Motorway in Budapest being built.

ALL ROADS HAVE END Footage of cars being tested for safety in Hendon and stock car racing in Hampshire.

ROTTERDAM PREPARES UNDERGROUND RAILWAY Rotterdam builds its first Underground Railway system

MOSCOW UNDERGROUND Building of a new line for the Moscow underground in Russia

CORRECT TO 1/1000 OF AN INCH Winding gear weighing 30 tonnes is lifted up 2000 ft. (airship?) mooring mast.

YOU CAN SEE IT GROW More footage of the new bridge at Waterloo under construction.

LIVERPOOLS NEW WONDER DOCKS Liverpool's new docks are seen under construction.

LONDON A MIGHTY SEAPORT Contstruction of new Seaport at Tilbury, London.

FINE ENGINEERING FEAT A new ferry landing stage is completed in 24 hours.

BRIDGE BUILDING AT THE DOUBLE! Italian troops demonstrate their skills by buildi

BRIDGE BUILDERS HUSTLE Manual workers toil and heavy steel sections are moved, to build a bridge.

TAKING SHAPE A look at the new grandstand being built at the race course at Epsom.

WORLD'S WONDER GRANDSTAND A look at new grand stand being built at Epsom race course.

FLAT RACING SEASON BEGINS Workmen busy on the construction of a new stand and the demolition of the old.

MARVELLOUS NEW RAILWAY BRIDGE the new bridge in Newcastle-on-Tyne which is nearing completion.

NERVES OF STEEL Scary scenes of working sky high at Baker Street.

NEWS FROM AMERICA - new suspension bridge

BIGGEST SUSPENSION BRIDGE Good shots of work underway on massive bridge over river in New York.

SNOWMAN VISITS VENICE. Snow makes Venice look a little different.

WHAT A CARELESS SMOKER CAN DO! A discarded cigarette butt sets fire to Southport

SOUTH AFRICA FLOODS Floods in South Africa

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - ERECTING CORONATION POLES IN THE MALL

REBUILT GERMAN VILLAGE Great new country houses in rebuilt German village.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - BLASTING THE MARSHLAND OUTSIDE BERLIN

BUILDING OF LA GIROTTE DAM Construction of La Girotte Dam in the Dorinet Valley of France.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGHWAY Canada blasts Rocky mountains to build a new motorway.

ROAD MAKING IN WEST INDIES West Indians work in diggers to clear the way for a road.

ROADS OF TOMORROW Good footage of Autobahns / high speed motor roads being built in Germany.

BRIDGE BUILDING Russian men and women rebuilding a bridge.

ALUMINIUM FROM CANADA Canadians building hydroelectric plant to produce power to make aluminium.

WATER DIVINER A water diviner finds water in Australia.

RAILWAY BREAKDOWN CREW AT WORK Railwaymen at work repairing bomb damaged lines.

WORLD'S LARGEST CONVEYOR Conveyor belt stretching over hills and valleys takes stones to Shaster Dam construction site.

BRITAIN AND PROSPERITY A look at how industry is booming in Britain as factories churn out cars and many new houses are built.

THE WHITE ENSIGN IN GERMAN WATERS British warships sail along the Kiel Canal tho

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Construction of the giant Norris Dam in Tennessee.

NEW CLOCK Millwall football club erect new clock.

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 4) New railway track being laid in Russia

SPEEDING UP New method is used to speed up the laying of cables.

THE GIANT'S MOUTHFUL A giant digger in Indiana is capable of picking up 45 tons of earth in one go

MOVE YOUR ROAD SIR New method of road reconstruction using compressed air to shift concrete pavements.

BRICKLAYERS CRASH HAT Bricklayer wears motorcycle crash helmet when carrying bricks up ladder.

CRANES A short history of cranes.

LIKE A GIANT “MECCANO” More work on the wonderful new Bridge over the River Tees

SAN FRANCISCO - GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE Golden Gate bridge under construction, large wire mesh catches workers if they fall.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - NEW BRIDGE AT ST. JAMES' PARK

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE NEARS COMPLETION

DELVING INTO FLORIDA Construction begins on the Florida canal. America (USA).

HAWESWATER DAM UNDER CONSTRUCTION Massive dam under construction at Haweswater, Lake District.

THE SUPER PAINTERS Great footage from the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge as it receives a new coat of paint.

“PIER CLOSED FOR REPAIRS” A sailing barge crashed into Southend Pier causing ext

IMMORTALS IN STONE Great footage of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial taking shape.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL

NEW YORK CATHEDRAL ROOF REPAIR Russian Orthodox priest takes matters into own hands and fixes roof of St. Nicholas' Cathedral.

BLESSING THE BELL The first bell of the first church in the new town of Sabaudia is blessed and razed.

BRITAIN'S LARGEST TRAMWAY Lord Mayor of Liverpool lays foundation stone of new tramway.

THE ROBOT RAIL-LAYER A big robotic machine picks up old railway track and lays new sections, it can do half a mile a day.

B.E.F. IN FRANCE BEF (British Expeditionary Force) troops laying railway lines in France in 1939.

DIVERTING A RIVER Workmen dynamite parts of Blundellsands to create new channel for River Alt

SAVED FROM THE WAVES Colonel Wilfred Ashley opens new sea wall at Sidmouth.

TAKING SHAPE Engineers visit the site for Ford's factory

A TROJAN TASK Bridge sections are moved into place at Birkenhead.

A GIGANTIC ENTERPRISE - shorter version Herbert Morrison opens a large building project in Hull - possibly the Humber bridge.

WORLD’S LARGEST GIRDER A huge girder is manoeuvred through the streets of London

HUMAN FILES Footage of suspension bridge being painted which crosses over the Arkansas River in Colorado.

CATERPILLAR BARROW Remarkable caterpillar track wheel barrow tackles rough ground.

THE NEW MIDDLESEX The Earl of Athione and Prince Arthur of Connaught inspect building of the new Middlesex Hospital

EMPIRE'S LARGEST AIRSHIP SHED A look at a massive hangar and mooring mast for airships.

Selected Originals - PRE-FABS FOR THE BUSH Material relating to newsreel story 'Pre-Fabs For The Bush' - 52/81.

Asphalt/Concrete Maker

IN PEARY'S FOOTSTEPS - No 9 The final stage of Captain Bartlett trip sees work completed on memorial to Peary.

VIVE LE ROI SOLDAT!King Albert I and members of Belgian Royal Family visit building of new canal.

LINDBERGH - THE ELUSIVE! Charles Lindbergh pays a visit to Paris to see where he landed in 1927.

KING AND EMPIRE'S SHIPPING Building commences on new headquarters for Lloyds.

NEW TYNE BRIDGE King George V and Queen Mary open the new Tyne Bridge in Newcastle.

A GIGANTIC ENTERPRISE - longer version Herbert Morrison opens a large building p

WE WANT THOSE ASHES THIS YEAR M.C.C. Board of Control in session.

MR MORGAN JONES M.P. Morgan Jones, the Secretary of the Board of Education, lays the foundation stone for Snapethorpe Elementary School

ABOVE THE RUSH AND TURMOIL Steeplejacks at work on an East London church spire.

SOME TUNNEL! King Albert of Belgium visits the site of a new tunnel under the Sc

DUKE OF KENT'S TOUR Duke of Kent visits Forest of Dean.

MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL IS FALLING DOWN Prince Arthur visits Middlesex Hospital which is in a bad state of disrepair and needs funds.

“... AND THE GREATEST IS CHARITY” Appeal for money to finish building work on an

AN ENGINEERING RECORD A new bridge is moved into place in Glaisdale after flood

GREEKS STILL ADVANCING Greeks advance into Albania, capturing Italian prisoners and equipment.

I’M SORRY I’M LATE Prince of Wales opens new harbour in Weymouth. He had a force

WIVES MAKE A ROAD Fed up with muddy road outside their houses, women in Hockley resurface it themselves!

OFF WITH OLD, ON WITH NEW Britain's biggest mobile car crusher in Stratford, and new road laying machine in Newark.

MIRACLE HIGHWAY Formosa builds a great roadway across deep canyons and through mountains.

NILE People bargain at the camel market near the river Nile.

EVER SEEN A HOUSE MOVE? A 14th Century House is lifted up and moved along the road from its position in Exeter.

LAND RECLAMATION Land stolen from the sea at Norfolk.

World In Camera - Modern design for homes are built in mud in Egypt.

ROYAL ENGINEERS BUILD THEIR OWN HARBOUR

GERMAN POW'S German war prisoners working on preparations for Victory Parade in London.

NEWSBRIEFS - BROKEN SEA WALLS OF WALCHEREN SEALED

NEW STYLE BUILDINGS The LCC build new prefabricated homes in Bethnal Green.

TOMMY LEARNS GOOD TRADE The Army provides training in building skills for men about to leave the services.

Selected Originals - BAILEY BRIDGE COLLAPSES. Material related to newsreel story "Bailey Bridge Collapses" - 50/51.

U.S. VETERANS HOUSING PROJECT The U.S. Government builds homes for ex Servicemen at Dupont Park, Washington.

BRITAIN'S ATOM POWER PLANT Britain's first commercial atomic power plant is under construction at Calder Hall.

ATOM POWER STEPS UP A look at the new gas-cooled reactor being built at Windscale, Cumberland.

B-29S PREPARE TO FLY TO TOKYO New airstrip is built on Saipan so B-29s can launch attack on Tokyo.

JUMBO JET HANGAR DOORS ERECTED Giant doors are fitted to Boeing 747 hangar at Heathrow Airport.

RIVETING Workers riveting a large pipe.

HELICOPTER AIDS BUILDERS A helicopter is used by Australian builders to ferry heavy units onto the roof of a building.

BUILDING BY HELICOPTER Modern methods at a building demonstration on Tyneside.

PREFAB SCHOOL A look at a modern prefabricated primary school.

THEIR MAJESTIES IN POPLAR. Footage of new housing estate being built in Lansbury, London.

RAINS COME IN SOMALILAND Workers repair damage done by floods in Italian Somaliland.

SOMERSET VILLAGE A look at some of the trades in the picturesque villages of Somerset.

HOMES ON WHEELS demonstrates multiple uses of caravans

HEXAGONAL HOUSES An item about a revolutionary new design of house - hexagon shaped.

COTTAGE CONVERSION (aka EDANA ROMNEY) Excellent story showing interior decoration styles of the late 1950s.

CUT PRICE CASTLE Charlie Simpson and his family have bought a castle for their home.

MONKS REBUILDING MONTE CASSINO Cassino Monks set to work to rebuild their Monastery.

MOBILE HOMES The construction of mobile homes / prefabs.

NEW BUILDINGS IN TASHKENT People rebuilding Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

SYDNEY HARBOUR BUILDING PROBLEMS Building problems around Sydney harbour.

MOVE HOUSE, BUILD HOUSE Houses moved on trucks in Holland, and factory which makes wall and floors in Scotland.

LICHFIELD - NEW STYLE HOUSES FOR RENTING Partly prefabricated low cost housing being built in Staffordshire.

MOBILE HOUSES Building prefabricated houses in Streatham - includes comic high speed sequence.

A BUILDING AN HOUR! Prefabricated buildings are demonstrated on a site in Manchester.

STOPWATCH BUILDING Prefabricated offices are put up in a day at London airport. Nice Stop Motion sequence.

A HOME IS BULLDOZED Mrs Mitchell fights for her home.

NEW HOMES FOR QUAKE VICTIMS Easy to build homes, made in Britain, are earmarked for Greek earthquake victims.

TIMBER HOUSES EARN DOLLARS Men demonstrate the building of a pre-fabricated house - being sold abroad to earn dollars.

PRE-FABS FOR THE BUSH (aka PRE-FABS FOR AFRICA - CLUSTER PREFABS) A show demonstrates a new style of pre-fabricated home for use in Africa.

ON SITE BUILDING Building prefabricated housing in Kent.

SUBSIDING TOWN Mining subsidence in a Swadlincote causes buildings to fall apart and roads to slope.

GLASS TOWER New storage tower to provide central heating

RHODESIA SOLVES HER HOUSING PROBLEM House building in Rhodesia, Southern Africa.

COACH BUNGALOWS Railway carriages being converted into bungalows - new homes.

FEMALE BRICKLAYERS Women bricklayers at training and at work.

DISTRESSED AREAS OF ENGLAND Bomb sites of England.

HOMES WHILE YOU WAIT A couple watching men building their new house made of port

HOME MADE. Theodore and Dorothy Fisher are building their own bungalow.

BUILDING HOUSES IN POLAND Good footage of houses being built in Polish mining settlement of Szombierki.

MON REPOS IN ALUMINIUM Prefab aluminium houses are made in the world's largest aluminium plant in Canada.

Rebuilding Normandy.

HOTEL FOR GIBRALTAR A new hotel for Gibraltar is built in prefabricated sections in Dorset.

CURVES FOR THE OFFICE Various shots of new circular building being built near Kingsway in London

SKYSCRAPER 'TOPPED OUT' The Vickers Building (aka Millbank Tower) is completed in London.

HOMEMADE HOMES Residents of Ingrave Housing Estate at Brentwood create their own bungalows.

JAPAN TODAY Various scenes of reconstruction in Japan after the war.

ALBERT MEMORIAL Albert Memorial being renovated

COVENTRY REBORN Coventry is slowly being rebuilt after all the destruction of the war. West Midlands.

RESTORATION OF FONTAINEBLEAU Restoration of the castle of Fontainebleau Palace in France.

RENOVATION AT VERSAILLES Grand Trianon Palace at Versailles is restored to its former glory.

WINDOW FOR CATHEDRAL New coloured glass window designed for Roman Catholic Cathedral in Liverpool.

HOLY PLACE RESTORED Item showing the church of the Holy Sepulchre under restoration. Jerusalem, Israel.

Selected Originals - A LEAK HIGH UP Material relating to newsreel story "A Leak High Up"- 62/33.

CONVENT BUILDERS Nuns in Wales build their own chapel.

CHURCH MOVE Volunteers demolish disused church in Peckham to be rebuilt in Biggin Hill.

NEWS IN FLASHES Largest floating crane in the world

AVALANCHE HORROR Many people are killed as glacier slides onto dam building site at Saas-Fee. Switzerland.

WATER FAMINE Footage of new reservoir being built on Lantau Island for Hong Kong.

NEW PROGRESS AT DELTA WORKS Flood defences nearly finished in South of Holland.

SICILY: U.S. TROOPS U.S. troops in Sicily.

CLOSING DYKE - LAUWER SEA Closing dyke at Lauwer Sea to eliminate threat of floods in areas of Northern Holland.

STORM WATER TUNNEL A tunnel is built to reduce the danger of flooding in Bristol.

WORLD NEWS IN REVIEW Floating air strip

HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER A new hydro electric power station is being built on the Danube in Rumania.

NEW ZEPPELIN FOR GERMANY New Zeppelin under construction at Friedrichshafen.

FLYOVER DISASTER Footage of flyover disaster in Strathclyde Clyde.

REGUILDING JUSTICE Close up shots of the Old Bailey dome using high powered camera on the ground.

IRELAND HEALING HER WOUNDS Reconstruction work on The Four Courts of Dublin.

SCHOOL OPEN AIR THEATRE An open air theatre has been built by school boys in Grimsby.

THE SPHINX REVEALED Restoration work on the famous Egyptian monument.

COMPLETION OF WEMBLEY Wembley Stadium nearing completion and safety checks being performed

COMPLETION OF A WONDERFUL ENGINEERING FEAT The half-finished arch of the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle.

THE BIGGEST DOCK EVER A giant dock capable of lifting a 54,000 ton ship is finished in Newcastle-on-Tyne.

EXTRA ! EXPO 70 SITE the Expo 70 site under construction in Osaka, Japan.

YORKSHIRES WONDER DAM Shots of a half constructed dam near Harrogate.

NERVES OF STEEL Impressive views of Liverpool taken from top of half built Holt Building.

1,700 FEET BELOW THE MERSEY The Mersey Tunnel is broken through! The Lady Mayor of Liverpool and the Lord Mayor of Birkenhead shake hands through the hole.

LONDON'S HIGHEST JOB Men work nearly 400 feet above the ground to re-gild the Ball and Cross on St. Paul's Cathedral.

WATERLOO BRIDGE Subsidence on Waterloo Bridge has got so bad a temporary bridge needs to be opened.

CLOSED FOR REPAIR Repair work on Waterloo Bridge.

LONDON'S NEW BRIDGE Construction is progressing well on the new Waterloo Bridge in London.

GIANT BRIDGE FEAT Waterloo bridge after the central span has been put into place.

WORLDS LARGEST SUBWAY Work begins on a 2 mile tunnel under the river Mersey after inauguration by Princess Mary.

SOUTH BANK site being cleared for the 1951 Festival of Britain in London.

FESTIVAL SITE Dome of Discovery being completed by workmen

FESTIVAL SITE HAS ROYAL INSPECTION. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit the building site for the Festival of Britain.

PICCADILLY IS UP Workmen digging holes to form trenches along Piccadilly.

NEW YORK - LINCOLN TUNNEL Tunnel in the middle of the city - New York.

INDUSTRIAL FAIR Shots of people looking at exhibits at the Hanover Industrial Fair.

PREPARING 1968 WORLDS FAIR IN TEXAS Works on the preparation for the 1968 World Fair in Texas.

UNIVERSAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION FOR 1967 IN MONTREAL TAKES SHAPE Montreal prepares to host EXPO 67 as the Soviet Union agrees to participate

BUILDING HIGHEST MOUNTAIN ROAD IN U.S. Works on building the highest mountain road in America have started.

BIF CASTLE BROMWICH Truck exhibition in Birmingham

NEW IDEAS TO SPEED BUILDING A building exhibition at Olympia displays new ideas to the trade.

NEW IDEAS TO SPEED BUILDING. Building exhibition, showing off many new inventions on Hunslet Moor in Yorkshire.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL San Francisco Bay Bridge under construction.

EUROPE'S LARGEST HANGAR Europe's largest aircraft hangar under construction at Milan airport.

CONQUERING THE MOUNTAINS Road building in the Italian Alps.

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 96) Renovation of Milan cathedral.

REBUILDING THE BRIDGE ACROSS THE NERVION RIVER AT BILBAO Spanish Nationalists rebuild the bridge over the Nervion River at Bilbao.

SKYSCRAPER HELICOPTER PASSENGER SERVICE A Heliport on top of the Pan Am building in New York is opened to passenger flights.

FIRST BUILDING OPEN AT NEW YORK FAIR SITE Opening of the first building completed for the World's Fair in New York

US MARINES AIR EXERCISE Marines on exercise lay temporary runways; jet fighters take off, drop napalm, and land again.

RIVER RANCE TIDE WATER POWER PLANT Aerial shots of two semi-circular dams holding back water from both sides.

PARACHUTE TERRITORIALS Parachute Territorials prepare for jump and fit tail on bomb at Brough Airfields in Hull.

OPENING IDLEWILD AIRPORT, NEW YORK Planes flying in formation watched by crowds.

LAST RITES FOR BERNADOTTE AND SEROT Dignitaries attend last rites for Count Bernadotte and Colonel Serot

DE HAVILLAND VAMPIRE De Havilland Vampire aircraft flies to Rome in just over two hours.

COUNT BERNADOTTE IN TEL-AVIV Count Bernadotte in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

BUILDING LONDON AIRPORT Good footage of London Airport under construction.

COUNT FOLKE BERNADOTTE

ONE MINUTE NEWS - PARSONS INTERVIEWS EMIGRANTS TO CANADA

WORLD AT YOUR ELBOW - GLASGOW CHOIR Glasgow choir sing.

PEOPLE IN CAMERA - GENERAL GEORGE MARSHALL ARRICES General George Marshall, arrives back in America from China to take up his new appointment as Foreign secreta

CABINETS INDIA MISSION Labour government's special commission leaves for India to discuss independence.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - ITALIAN ARMY MANOEUVRES

FRONT PAGE - HEATHROW - AVERELL HARRIMAN Averell Harriman, former US ambassador to Britain, returns to USA to join American cabinet.

NEWSBRIEFS - BRUCE WOODCOCK

Indian Air Lines

NEW BRIDGE REPLACES FERRY

UMBRELLA BRIDGE REMOVED Temporary bridge at Oxford Circus, that diverts traffic while Victoria Line is built, is removed.

ARAB REFUGEES Arab refugees return home to Jordan.

NEW BRIDGE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA New suspension bridge in Czechoslovakia

SEVERN BRIDGE PROGRESSES Good footage of the Severn Bridge under construction. Gloucestershire.

VERRANZANO BRIDGE GETS FINISHING TOUCHES Workers frantically work to add final touches to New York bridge.

AUSTRALIA'S NEW TASMAN BRIDGE A new bridge is opened over the Derwent River in Hobart, Tasmania.

BRIDGE CARVED BY CONVICT, IN AUSTRALIA Roth bridge in Tasmania decorated by a convict.

NEW FORTH BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION Shots of new & existing Forth bridges & work by Scottish National Institute for War-Blinded.

ARMY BRIDGE SPANS THAMES Sappers build bridge over one condemned as unsafe at Windsor.

ROYAL ENGINEERS BUILD A BRIDGE Royal Engineers build a bridge in Bath.

NEW ROAD DEVELOPMENT New bridge connecting Germany and Denmark opened by Danish King and German President.

TROOPS BUILD BRIDGE ACROSS RIVER ARNO Engineers of the Italian army build a quick bridge over a River In Florence.

PONTOON TO AID BRIDGE BUILDERS Pontoon floating aid to bridge builders demonstrated by men of the Royal Engineers.

EUROPE BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OVER THE SILL VALLEY Building of the 'Europe Bridge' connecting Germany and Italy across the Sill Valley

Soviet Research Ship At San Francisco. Ls

AUSTRALIAN REVIEW - NEW BRIDGE Bridge built in Queensland

NEW SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER RIVER TAMAR LINKS DEVON AND CORNWALL Various angles of the bridge.

EUROPE'S LONGEST BRIDGE

AUCKLAND OPENS NEW BRIDGE Governor General Viscount Cobham opens new bridge in Auckland, New Zealand.

NEW BRIDGE BIG STRIDES New bridge under construction will replace old transporter bridge. Runcorn, Cheshire.

MAIDSTONE BY PASS BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION By past bridge under construction over river Medway in Maidstone, Kent.

OPENING OF NEW BY-PASS First stage in trunk-road scheme to link London with the London-Yorkshire motorway opens.

OPENING OF LONDON COLNEY BY PASS First stage in trunk-road scheme to link London with the London-Yorkshire motorway opens.

WORLD'S LARGEST FLOATING PLATFORM Off to a deep-sea pipe-laying job it contracts to pass safely under the Golden Gate Bridge.

A BRIDGE IS AFLOAT Bridge is slowly moved up river on pontoons.

Selected Originals - THE QUEEN COMES HOME Material relating to newsreel story "The Queen Comes Home" - 54/37.

ABERDEEN - QUEEN MOTHER OPENS NEW BRIDGE Queen Mother declares new aluminium bridge in Aberdeen open.

THE IMMORTAL BRIDGE Inauguration of Florence's Bridge of St. Trinta - rebuilt after the Germans blew it up in 1944.

RHINE BRIDGE RECONSTRUCED The shell of the Rhine Bridge, workmen walking up span.

OPENING OF NEW SURREY LOCK BRIDGE Viscount Waverley opens a new Surrey Lock bridge at Bermondsey, London.

NEWS IN FLASHES - CAIRO, ILLINOIS. A bridge in Cairo, Illinois is demolished.

Selected originals - WELCOME TO KING HAAKON Material relating to newsreel story "Welcome to King Haakon" - 51/46.

NEWS IN FLASHES - ATTEMPTED SUICIDE FROM BRIDGE

SEVERN BRIDGE MODEL the design of the new bridge to be built over the River Severn.

THE MAN BEHIND THE BAILEY BRIDGE

CLEARING THE RIVER RHINE Debris is cleared from the Rhine in Germany.

Britain Answer The Call

RECONSTRUCTION OF BUDAPEST

A Harbour Goes To France

DIVERSION OF MISSOURI RIVER Missouri River dynamited

PRINCE GEORGE OF DENMARK IN MANCHESTER Prince George of Denmark visits Manchester Ship Canal

DELTA WORKS Completion of sea-arm "Volkerak" - road bridge over sea - Holland.

RUMANIAN HARBOUR DAM The building of a dam in Constantza Harbour, Rumania

THE KRASNOYARSK HYDROELECTRIC STATION Building of the giant Krasnoyarsk hydroelectric station in Russia

NEW SITE FOR DANUBE HYDRO STATION

MORE POWER FOR SCOTLAND A look at new Ben Cruachan dam in Scotland.

DAMMING PROGRAMME IN ZEELAND TO PREVENT FLOOD DISASTER Using cable cars to build a sea dam in Holland

BIG RIVER DIVERSION The South Saskatchewan River is being diverted and a large lake created in Canada.

NEW RUSSIAN DAM New dam built in Soviet Union.

CONGO REPUBLIC A report on the newly-created African state of Congo and its progress towards modernity.

HUGE NEW DAM BUILT IN PAKISTAN WITH CANADIAN AID Pakistani President Ayub Khan visits Warsak hydroelectric dam in West Pakistan.

WORK COMMENCES ON THE ASWAN HIGH DAM Blasting in progress on hill for construction of Aswan Dam. Nasser and Mohammed V.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH OPENS TAIL SLUICE OF THE GREAT OUSE Duke of Edinburgh opens tail sluice of The Great Ouse

HYDROPOWER STATION IN SIBERIA Soviet hydropower station.

KARIBA DAM BIG PROGRESS Transformer and more outlets fitted in Kariba Dam, Rhodesia.

DAM NEARS COMPLETION The massive Kariba Dam is nearly finished in Rhodesia.

SPANNING THE VOLGA The power of the Volga River is harnessed to the Stalingrad Hydroelectric Station.

FLOOD DAMAGES KARIBA DAM Unexpected flood waters create problems for people building a dam in Zimbabwe.

INLAND SEAWAY Massive construction works on the St. Lawrence Seaway and hydroelectric dam.

TAMING NATURE Massive building works underway on the Kariba Dam in Zimbabwe.

HARNESSING THE WATERS Kariba dam in Rhodesia under construction.

STORING ELECTRICITY German hydro electric engineers find the way to store alternating current power.

CAITHNESS - QUEEN MOTHER OPENS RESERVOIR Queen Mother opens reservoir in Scotland, created by the building of anew dam.

NEW ZOMBA DAM Work starts on the new dam on the Zomba River in Rhodesia.

Selected Originals - DUKE BEGINS TOUR OF BRITAIN (aka DUKE OF EDINBURGH OPENS POWER STATION) Material relating to newsreel story 'Duke of Edinburgh Opens Power

TRUMAN AT GRAND COULEE DAM American President Harry Truman at Grand Coulee dam and Union Stockyards.

LOCK SLOY Construction of the Lock Sloy dam in Scotland.

TUSCANY - SUNKEN VILLAGE The village of Fabbriche, Tuscany, is submerged by releasing the waters of a nearby dam.

DNIEPER DAM RESTORED Soviets work on restoration of Dnieper Dam.

MORE POWER FOR FRANCE Dam across River Cere will provide electricity for France's population.

REHARNESSING THE YELLOW RIVER UNRRA supervises the redirection of the Yellow River in China.

LANBY NAVIGATIONAL BUOY Lanby navigational buoy under construction in the Royal Albert Dock.

SNOW MELTS ON ST LAWRENCE RIVER Ice breakers work on St. Lawrence seaway.

ST LAWRENCE SEAWAY OPENS The waterway across North America - the St. Lawrence Seaway - is opened to ship traffic.

IRRIGATION IN AUSTRALIA.

CASTRO NO WATER FOR GUANTANAMO BASE Americans trying to prove that they do not need Cuban water at Guantanamo Base.

PUMPING STATION CLOSES Old pumping station closes in Sydney for new electric one to be installed.

NEW DRIFT RESERVOIR TO SUPPLY WATER TO WHOLE OF WEST CORNWALL Damming stream to create new reservoir near Land's End.

THE INAUGURATION OF DRIFT RESERVOIR The Minister for Housing, Henry Brooke, opens a new reservoir near Land's End in Cornwall.

WATER DRILLED IN SAHARA DESERT A search program for water under the desert finally bears fruit.

Selected Originals - SENTENCE ON A VALLEY

MOVING A RIVER Russians blow up land to divert the River Terek near Pavlopodolsk.

FAREWELL TO A VILLAGE Alpine village is demolished to make way for new reservoir.

SENTENCE ON A VALLEY Tryweryn valley in North Wales is to become a reservoir.

ROYAL TOUR OF WALES - LONG VERSION Queen and Prince Philip visit various places in Wales.

WATER WORKS Waterworks across England.

(uncut Lav.) Welsh Airlift Ends In Crash.

WATER DIVINER Mr Mullins searching for water with diviner instrument

WATER WORKS Footage of reservoir being built

ROYAL OPENING OF STAINES RESERVOIR King George VI opens new reservoir at Staines, Surrey.

LONDON FROM 600 FEET UP THE GPO Tower nears completion in the heart of London.

A NATIONAL MOTOR TRACK Germany solves a problem of unemployment - labour camp men work on new road.

NEW MERSEY TUNNEL Building of new traffic tunnel under the River Mersey.

QUEEN OPENS NEW TYNE TUNNEL Queen Elizabeth II opens road tunnel under the River Tyne.

COEN TUNNEL NEARS COMPLETION

UNDERGROUND NAZI FACTORY UNCOVERED IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA

NEW TUBE HALFWAY MARK Work continues on the new Victoria Line underground tube network. Green Park. London.

TUNNEL THROUGH MOUNTAIN Engineers in Hong Kong finish tunnelling through a mountain to create a new road link.

ROAD UNDER THE STRAND An old tram tunnel is converted to road use to speed up traffic in London.

LATEST ON CHANNEL LINK Hopes for the Channel link renewed in England and France.

MONT BLANC TUNNEL BREAKTHROUGH Celebrations as two sides building the Mont Blanc Tunnel meeting in the middle.

GRAN SAN BERNARDO TUNNEL LINKED Workmen from Italy and Switzerland make the breakthrough in a tunnel under the Alps.

NEWS IN FLASHES - BIG PROGRESS WITH MONT BLANC TUNNEL

THAMES TUNNEL HALVES MEET Construction of Dartford Tunnel - Kent and Essex ends of tunnel meets.

TUNNELLING UNDER THE THAMES Great scenes of the building of the Dartford Tunnel under the River Thames.

CHANNEL TUNNEL - YES OR NO Investigation into prospects of building undersea link between Britain and France.

TUNNELLING UNDER THE THAMES Work starts on the main road tunnel which links Dartford, Kent with Purfleet, Essex.

OPERATION FLAT EARTH Soldiers build a make shift air strip on Salisbury Plain as part of 'Operation Flat Earth'.

WITH A RESOUNDING ROAR! Explosions bring down huge chunks of rock in a chalk quarry.

ARCTIC EUROPE Ships break the ice on a frozen river in Germany.

TAMAR BRIDGE

DOCUMENTARY COLOUR CUTS Forth Bridge

BRIDGE BUILDING ( aka ARMY BRIDGE BUILDING ) An item about a military bridge building exercise across the River Thames.

CANAL RESTORATION Young volunteers set about restoring a disused canal.

DOCUMENTARY COLOUR CUTS Thames Lock

WATER DIVINER (aka WATER DIVING) Sixteen-year-old Josie Simpson shows us her skill as a water diviner.

TELEGRAPH POLE PLANTER Post Office machine that makes planting telegraph poles much easier

THE VICTORIA LINE Work on the Underground's Victoria Line.

NEW EARTH DIGGING MACHINE New excavator on display in Soviet Union.

AUSTRIAN MANOEUVRES (Beware - other items share this title) Austrian army creates a bridge by placing line of logs on line of small boats.

EXCERCISE KING KONG A demonstration of army vehicles.

SHORTCIRCUITING "GIB" Animated diagrams and live footage illustrate the plans for a new ship canal across France.

SHOTS OF LONDON Shots of London from the towers of Battersea power station under construction.

STEEL MEN Good footage of men at work on construction site at Marble Arch, London.

THE SUPER SCOOP Brief item about a massive machine used for scooping coal from the ground in Cologne, Germany.

DOWN BELOW THE RIVER Great footage of the nearly completed Mersey Tunnel between Liverpool and Birkenhead.

HIGH DOWN SOUTH! A trip to the top of a very high radio transmitter mast being built in Australia.

THE SUPER SELF HELPER Gigantic dredger is use on River Danube.

FROM LAKE TO OCEAN scheme to deepen the St. Lawrence River on the U.S./Canadian

FIGHTING NATURE A new canal channel is blasted with dynamite to allow flood water to disperse at Tien-Tsin.

HARNESSING THE WATERS new dams under construction

RAILWAY TRACK LAYING Soldiers of Scottish Regiment laying railway tracks in France

ROAD MAKING British troops making roads in France.

EIFFEL The Eiffel Tower celebrates fifty years

GERMANY'S NEW AIRPORT (aka GERMANY) Hermann Goering inspects model of Berlin's new massive airport.

WORK FOR 300,000! Adolf Hitler wields his spade to start the building of Germany's Autobahns.

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 67) renovation of St. Mathias Church spire in Budapest

THE CITY WAKES Nice film of people getting up, travelling and working in Rome, Italy.

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 7) Trees being dug up for a new road in Rome

ITALY'S UNDERGROUND RAILWAY workers building new underground rail network

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 93) A new road is built at Port Elizabeth.

REAL "HUSTLING" Good shots of the building of the Olympic Village for the 1932 L

NEW-STYLE HOUSING New homeowners in America help to build their own houses to obtain lower mortgage rates.

UNCLE SAM TACKLES A PROBLEM Good shots of New York slums and the flats built to replace them.

THE REBIRTH OF A NATION The people of Japan try to reconstruct their country after the earthquake.

BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION Work starts on British Empire Exhibition, at Wembley, London.

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES Scenes at St. Moritz in preparation for the Olympic Winter Games.

BOMBS WRECK TUBE RAILWAYS Scenes in New York following bomb damage to underground railways.

THE LINK OF TWO NATIONS The Ambassador Bridge to link America and Canada nears completion.

TO JOIN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA Footage of men working on the Ambassador Bridge, which will join the United States of America to Canada.

CONSTRUCTION Civilian Construction Core in Australia build new airfield for RAAF.

REBUILDING LENINGRAD Russian men and women rebuilding city of Stalingrad.

NEW NIAGARA BRIDGE Shots of new Rainbow Bridge over Niagara Falls as it is under construction.

BALLOON HOUSES Houses are quickly created by spraying cement over large balloons then deflating them. USA.

Selected Original - THEIR MAJESTIES IN POPLAR. Material relating to newsreel story "Their Majesties in Poplar" - 50/91.

CATHEDRAL WINDOWS Footage of the stained glass window of Canterbury Cathedral being repaired.

MODERN BRICKLAYING An invention by John Lambert distributes mortar along a wall enabling bricks to be laid quickly.

SALISBURY CATHEDRAL urgent repair work being carried out on Salisbury field.

REPAIRING ROOF OF COLOGNE CATHEDRAL Workers repair roof of Cologne cathedral. Germany.

PAINTING TOWER BRIDGE

TOWER BRIDGE Repair work being carried out on Tower Bridge

WESTMINSTER ABBEY restoration work being carried out on Westminster Abbey.

USA BUILDS WEATHER ISLANDS In the Atlantic Ocean off the US coast, towers are built to house weather report stations.

£2,000,000 PER MILE! (aka £2 MILLION PER MILE) Construction work in Venezuela to build a new road through mountainous terrain.

WASHINGTON - PREPARATIONS FOR EISENHOWER INAUGURATION Republican Congressional Leaders make preparations for Ike's inauguration.

MOTORWAY ON STILTS Item showing the new section of the South Wales road at Chiswick. London.

ST. PAULS CLEAN UP Workmen carry out a much needed clean up on the front of St Pauls Cathedral.

ST. PAUL'S NEW FACE Workmen clean the dome on St. Paul's Cathedral. London.

FLATS UP IN HALF TIME Using steel moulds contractors are able to reduce both, time and cost.

TOWARDS ROAD SAFETY Good item about latest in road safety including new flyover and skid pan testing.

NEWS FROM SCOTLAND Bridge building over the Tay.

STADIUM FOR 1962 GAMES Australian PM Menzies takes a look over the site for the Commonwealth Games stadium.

HIGHWAY AT 7,000 FEET Work continues on a massive road project between Banff and Jasper parks in Canada.

WEED MAKES DAM PROBLEM A growth of weeds on the lake at the Kariba Dam creates problems.

ALCATRAZ REPLACED Famous American prison is to be replaced by a new prison called 'Marian'.

SYDNEY A visit to Sydney, Australia, shows us koalas, boomerangs and the half-finished Opera House.

NEW TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION IN ARGENTINA Construction work on massive tunnel

NEW FREEWAY FOR PERTH New roads being built in Perth, Western Australia.

CRYSTAL PALACE F.C. NEW STAND New stand for the Crystal Palace Football Club stadium

HIGHLANDS OF THE WEST COUNTRY (aka HIGH OF THE WEST COUNTRY) Travelogue extolling the virtues of Dartmoor.

NEW VILLAGE A modern village which blends with the rural setting is built in Kent.

NEW ASPHALT MACHINE A new asphalt machine is demonstrated in Arnham in Holland

EXTENSION FOR TANKERS AT ROTTERDAM HARBOUR Rotterdam Harbour is enlarged to cater for giant tankers

250,000 PEOPLE Masses of people gather to see, and walk through, the world's greatest tunnel.

GIANT LANDING STAGE FOR LONDON A huge landing stage is seen under construction at Tilbury Docks, Essex.

INDUSTRIAL ESTATE ON CLYDESIDE (aka GLASGOW) New industrial estates being built in Glasgow.

ROAD MAKERS Native Abyssinians build roads for the Italians. Abyssinia (Ethiopia).

KING WINTER'S ICY GRIP! Canals in Canada start to freeze up and halt the flow of ships for Winter.

NEW FRENCH ARTERIAL ROAD Men work on the construction of a new road between Paris and Brittany.

PRESS DAY AT PARIS EXHIBITION Press Day at Paris Exhibition. Journalists watch building work in progress.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - WORK PROGRESSING ON THE PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

ALL QUIET ON THE "BATTLE OF THE BARGES" FRONT! Canal workers' threatened strike ends and work begins again - in France.

RAPID BUILDING Bricklayers working at high speed on rebuilding the country.

FAITH WILL MOVE A MOUNTAIN mountain being dynamited

THE DESERT SHALL REJOICE AND BLOSSOM AS THE ROSE Construction work on a huge dam in the Arizona desert, United States of America.

905 FEET HIGH Good footage of the Empire State Building nearing completion

BULLDOZER WORKING - CZECHOSLOVAKIA Bulldozers donated by UNRRA clear woods for new roads in Czechoslovakia.

MAX MILLER. Comedian Max Miller and friend working on building site.

FLOOD PREVENTION East coast sea walls are rebuilt in Aldbough and Canvey Island after storms batter them.

RECONSTRUCTION OF WARSAW Clearing rubble and building new flats in Warsaw after the war.

Selected Originals - BRICKLAYING COMPETITION Material relating to newsreel story "Bricklaying Competition" - 52/26.

GIANT STEEL WORKS READY Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Gaitskell switches off the rolling steel mill at Port Talbot.

Selected Originals - ABBEY STEEL WORKS Material related to newsreel story "Giant Steel Works Ready" - 51/58.

WORKERS' HOUSES OPENED TO CELEBRATE 5th ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF VARSOVIE Bricks carried on conveyor belt to bricklayers at work on wall of building,

REBUILDING OF WARSAW New houses being built, reconstruction area, workmen at work.

BUILDING ISRAELI SETTLEMENT Building a Kibbutz in Israel / Palestine.

INDUSTRIAL SURVEY - 2 - YOUR CHANCE OF A HOUSE THIS YEAR An investigation into the Country's housing problem.

WOMEN BRICKLAYERS Women bricklayers at work

ESSEX RESERVOIR Land at West Hangingfield is cleared to make way for a reservoir.

BUILDING FAMILY Henry Stoneham's son and 2 daughters work with him on a house as they learn building trade.

THATCHING Cottage in Essex is re-thatched with Norfolk Reeds.

SEA WALL Sea Walls being repaired in Kent after serious flooding.

SIMPLIFIED BUILDING Simple breeze block houses are constructed in Manchester.

APPRENTICE BUILDERS Young builders learning their trade in Croydon.

FAMILY OF BUILDERS James Valenti is helped by teenage son and daughter when he builds extension onto house.

NEW CRANE rail mounted tower crane at work on building site

LEGION BUILDERS Legion members build their own houses in Birmingham.

PREFABS Item showing prefabricated house being constructed in less than an hour.

VICTORIA TOWER Restoration work continues on the Houses of Parliament's Victoria Tower.

POWER STATION Power station under construction inside the Rocky Mountains, Canada.

VILLAGE WORKING LIFE Men work to repair village of Moers in France, flooded by Germans as defence.

NEW TYPE CRANE New type of mobile crane

SEA WALL Men at work on the new sea wall between Birchington and Reculver.

EXPANDING HARBOR Work commences on enlargement of Rotterdam Harbour

CONSTRUCTION IN ENLARGING AMSTERDAM'S HARBOUR Building two industrial piers in Amsterdam's Harbour

ROOF TILING Man tiling life-sized model of roof - part of government training scheme?

ARC WELDER Men are seen at work using welding equipment.

MECHANICAL DIGGERS A mechanical digger in operation

SANCTUARY SAVED Item showing restoration work on Chichester Cathedral.

CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL Men are taught how to manoeuvre bulldozers and cranes at this Construction Industry Training Centre.

STEEPLEJACK SCHOOL Men learn the skills of the steeplejack at a special school.

SKYSCRAPER LONDON (aka GRAVEL PITS) An item about modern buildings in the capital and production of materials used to construct them.

SAFETY STRAPS Construction and pylon workers can keep themselves safe with a new device.

GARDEN CASTLE Sidney James works on his ornamental gardens.

NOVELIST BRICKLAYER Novelist Dennis Wheatley and his hobby of brick laying at his home

HOVER BARROW New invention, the Hoverbarrow, is demonstrated on a wet and muddy work site

TV (T.V.) CAMERA HELPS BUILDING (aka PYE INDUSTRIAL TELEVISION) TV camera is used for inspection of holes - prevents workers getting into dangerous situations.

OBSERVATION PLATFORM People gather every morning to watch a building site.

BUILDING RESEARCH Bricks, concrete, steel, flooring and lino are tested

NEW ELECTRICITY CONNECTION Men working on electricity pylons in Holland.

OLYMPIC PREPARATIONS The construction of the Olympic stadium in Munich, Germany.

GPO TOWER CONTRUCTION Building the GPO Tower in London

VARI-LEVEL CRADLES New type building cradles are demonstrated

NATIONAL THEATRE SITE The stars turn out to help lay foundations of the new National Theatre in London.

GIANT MOBILE CRANE A huge mobile crane is seen in use in Duisberg.

INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL FAIR AT HANOVER Heavy construction machinery on display at international industrial fair at Hanover.

INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION EXHIBITION Exhibition of construction vehicles and building equipment at Crystal Palace.

NEW CRANE SPEEDS BIG BUILDING New type portal crane demonstrated in Battersea.

TOPPING OUT CEREMONY OF COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE BUILDING 'Topping Out' ceremony of the Commonwealth Institute Building in Kensington, London

LARGEST CHANNEL CUTTING MACHINE Largest channel digging machine demonstrated.

NURSK HYDROPOWER STATION Hydropower station being constructed at Nursk.

BUILDING IN RUSSIA Shots of building work inside hill in Russia.

WALKING EXCAVATOR BUILT IN RUSSIA A walking excavator is built and demonstrated

FOR NATION'S SPORT Prince Philip visits site for the proposed National Recreation Centre in London.

HOVER-BARROW IN USE ON BUILDING SITE A wheelbarrow powered by a hovercraft engine is shown of on a building site in Kent.

HOUSE BUILDING MACHINE A new machine designed by Tsalkovitch and Topov aids builders in Russia.

BUILDING IN RUSSIA Various shots of work in progress on large building site.

NEW STANDARD CAR FACTORY SITE INSPECTED BY DIRECTOR MD of motor maufacturing company inaugurates new factory site in Liverpool.

PEOPLES' STADIUM People's Stadium under construction in Budapest.

SLAG USED IN BUILDING Slag used to make wall panels for prefabricated houses

Selected Originals - GERMAN TRADE MISSION HERE

NEW DIGGING MACHINE Various shots of a new Soviet designed digging machine at work.

GIRDER TOWED 200 MILES A huge iron girder is brought in to form part of the new Atomic power station at Bradwell.

NEW PALACE OF TECHNICAL INDUSTRIES OPENED Model of Palace of Technical Industries, de Gaulle & party walk round building under construction.

CONSTRUCTION OF DAM IN DELTA WORKS PROJECT Construction of Haringvliet Dam in Holland.

GAS PIPELINE Russians at work on a new gas pipeline in the Arctic Circle.

DITCH DIGGING EXTRAORDINARY New machine for digging ditches quickly and using less manpower in Holland.

TV CAMERA INSPECTS SUB-SOIL AT SHELL CENTRE SITE TV camera inspects sub-soil at Shell centre site

DROSS USED FOR EXPERIMENT HOUSE Waste product from molten metal used as building material for houses in Czechoslovakia.

STEEL ERECTORS SPIDERMEN Men working on girders and scaffolding at Holborn.

BOY BUILDERS Pre-apprenticeship training scheme for boys who want to be bricklay

BUILDING Houses built by Machine known as the...

BIRMINGHAM'S LORD MAYOR INAUGURATES A NEW HOUSING SCHEME The Mayor of Birmingham places a quality standard ventilation brick in a new, partly-built house.

TAMAR BRIDGE An item about the newly constructed bridge over the River Tamar on the Cornwall/ Devon border.

AID FOR AFFLICTED CHILDREN AID FOR AFFLICTED CHILDREN A new annexe is opened at Condover Hall for deaf, blind and dumb children. Shrewsbury.

ATOMIC POWER STATION An item about an atomic power plant and the way it is designed to benefit modern industry.

OXFORD REDECORATION (aka OXFORD RESTORATION) Historic buildings are cleaned and restored in Oxford.

FIRST VERTICAL BRIDGE IN EUROPE Shots of the early building work on a new bridge

HOUSE OF COMMONS MODEL The rebuilding of the Debating Chamber at Westminster Palace, damaged by bomb during war.

TUBE MAKES PROGRESS First pictures of progress on tunnels for the new Victoria Line on the London Underground.

PICCADILLY NEW CIRCUS The Monico at Piccadilly Circus is demolished to make way for modern complex.

ALL IN A DAY'S WORK Workmen carry out maintenance on the cross at the top of St Paul's Cathedral

NEW ADDITION TO DUTCH HOSPITAL ROTTERDAM

PLASTERERS Plasterer Henry Hanwell is seen at work on a cast to replace a bomb damaged theatre ceiling.

MR LANSBURY'S LIDO Men start work building the Serpentine Bathing Pavilion in Hyde Park.

SEE HOW IT GREW The opening of the Regal Cinema in Kingston Upon Hull.

ROAD MAKING IN AMERICA - NRA PROGRAMME New Deal workers build roads in America.

Building Black Canyon Dam

Construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam

Excavating Foundation for Macy Building

Construction Site

Workers Descend on Crane from Skyscraper

Excavating for a New York Foundation

Panorama of Riker's Island, NY

Penn Station Tunnel Excavation

Moving Mountains

Building Houses

Construction Of Lake Point Tower

Alert

BOON TO MOTORISTS A new road bridge is under construction over the Forth at Kincardine, Scotland.

Construction Equipment in Use

R.R. PROGRESS - Mexico Pushes New Rail Line

REBUILDING WARSAW Voluntary working parties help to rebuild Warsaw, Poland.

RECONSTRUCTION OF BERLIN German newsreel item showing reconstruction of bombed German cities after WW2.

SLUM CLEARANCE Old Kent Road Area Very good stock shot material of demolition of terraced housing in inner city area.

Boston Book Party: Owner Gives Away 50,000 Volumes

Justice Center Money

Two railroads race at track-laying for prize.

1939 Golden Gate Exposition Shown In Miniature Form

Focus on the 20s - Science and Technology

Okefenokee Playland

Justice Center

State Fair

Break Ground For New Miami Beach Theatre

Paint Up! Clean Up! Blitz Today

Texas Stadium Construction

Main Avenue Bridge

Stella Maris

Mini Golf Course - JC's

Construction of Ft. Worth Nat'l Bank Tower

SEABED EXCAVATION Workmen carry out seabed excavation at Leith Dock, Scotland.

THATCHED CHURCH Roof thatching at Duddenhoe End in Essex.

SIMPLIFIED BUILDING Simple breeze block houses are constructed in Manchester.

MOVING DAY large house that is literally transported down Delaware River

ROUND THE WORLD - No 7 Elephants are used to move rocks as a road is built in Ceylon.

THE "GRATE" HIGHWAY A new Continental method of road building is seen, using steel grating and tar.

NEW LIFE! A windmill dating from 1665 is fitted with new sails.

PAVING A RIVER! Enormous asphalt mats are made to line the river bed of the Mississippi.

Hydroelectic Dam Construction at Volga River

HITLER IN GRAZ Adolf Hitler visits the Austrian town of Graz.

HOOVER DAM The Hoover Dam under construction.

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 59) Machinery that builds houses

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 72) Woman sells tea

HUNDERT KILOMETER REICHSAUTOBAHN (aka NEW GERMAN ROAD) Shots of the building of an autobahn - a German motorway.

LYNMOUTH RISES AGAIN The story of how the town of Lynmouth was rebuilt after being badly damaged by floods.

AIR-HOUSE (aka AITC HOUSE) A nylon air-house is constructed to shelter building work

GIRL THATCHER Glamorous Primrose Barkwill has given up a secretarial career to become a thatcher.

US STARTS WORK ON BOULDER DAM (aka BOULDER DAM INAUGURATED) Secretary of the Interior Wilbur starts the work on the Hoover Dam in Boulder Canyon.

BEF IN FRANCE Soldiers of British Expeditionary Force are seen building a railway in France and being inspected by a French officer.

WATER MATTRESS Water mattress made from reeds and willow branches on the River Ouse

EXPERIMENTAL HOUSE IS OVER 90% SOUTH AFRICAN Various shots of the building of a house from almost entirely South African materials.

NUNS AT WORK A glimpse into the world of the modern nun.

TRACTOR BULLDOZER SCHOOL Men are trained in techniques for driving large bulldozers.

US TROOPS BUILDING BRIDGE GIs build bridge across river, civilians watch and cheer.

RAILS FOR THE ROAD Railway tracks are melded together to make continuous lines by a mobile workshop in the United States of America.

the Integratron under construction

UNDER CALIFORNIA'S MOUNTAINS Men work on the Jacinto Tunnel beneath the mountains of Southern California.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 144) Washington Monument is repaired

American air base for the B-29 bomber planes built at Saipan, Pacific Ocean..

HUTS BY THE HUNDRED Mass production of 'flat-packed' army huts near Catfield in Norfolk.

SICILY (aka HYDRO ELECTRIC SCHEME) Views of the building of a Hydro electric dam in Sicily.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE MAKES HISTORY

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - ITALY'S NEW BRIDGE FOR OLD ONE

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - BERLIN PREPARES FOR OLYMPIC GAMES

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 1) railway tracks being laid in the Soviet Republic

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 59) A mobile x-ray studio in Stockholm

THE SUPER GIANT A huge digging crane scoops clay out of a quarry.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 31) Cotton used for road-making.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 143) Pacific sea wall is built.

BRIDGE MAKING & TANK & RUINS British troops erecting bridge across unknown river and walk across bomb site.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Floods in the USA.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 88) Dredger scoops silt in Cape Town bay.

MONSTERS A Dinosaur Park with life size models under construction in Rapid City. America (USA).

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 29) a new earth mover

THE MAN AND THE MACHINE Good footage of machinery being used to construct road

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 6) A house floats down a river.

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 12) Workmen on the George Washington bridge.

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 11) The Hetch Hetchy Valley dam.

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 31) Railway sleepers being made.

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 11) A look at pioneering road building techniques

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 10) Erection of pylon

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 93) Russian road building

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 72) girl bricklayers

WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? NO. 5 Queer things the world over. a whole house being moved.

OCCUPATION OF GERMANY British soldiers making repairs to bridge.

Building Black Canyon Dam

WILL IT BE READY IN TIME - WEMBLEY Striking workers delay work on the British Empire Exhibition.

INVASION FAR EAST - AUSSIE & BRITISH Locals with Australian and Indian troops repair bomb damaged roads and bridges.

INVASION SCENES FAR EAST Locals with Australian and Indian troops repair bomb damaged roads and bridges.

News in Brief: Canada, Town Moves.

BUILDING AND USING AN AMERICAN AIR BASE An air base is built in Labrador to fly planes from North America for war use in Britain.

INVASION SCENES - EUROPE Building pontoon bridge, firing field gun + explosions - British troops in France, 1944.

GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE TAKING SHAPE

A MIRACLE OF RESTORATION. Various shots of Cassino Abbey being rebuilt after huge damage during WWII.

Canada joins the benefit to flood areas

IT HAPPENED IN LONDON. Bridge Building on the Thames.

GAS AND WATER MAINS EXPLODE A gas and water mains explosion leaves a very large hole in the road but no one is hurt.

TAKING SHAPE A look at the site of the British Empire Exhibition, still under construction.

BUILDING OF PONTOON BRIDGE Material showing pontoon bridge being built and soldiers crossing it.

HIGHEST BUILDING IN BRITISH EMPIRE (CUTS)

Trestle Bridge Construction

League of Nations

GERMAN POWS WORKING Captured German soldiers under guard of Soviet army build road.

GERMAN CIVILIANS BUILDING ROAD German civilians digging and cutting down trees - building road.

IRONSTONE Iron ore being excavated to make weapons in Lincolnshire.

A FINE ACHIEVEMENT Munitions factory is built at Johannesburg; good footage of workers inside when finished.

A GRAND UNIT IN TRAINING South African 'Springbok Sappers' ( engineer cadets ) in training and passing out parade.

MANY HANDS People from the Royal North Devon Golf Club help to rebuild the sea wall around their Links.

INVASION SCENES EUROPE Invasion scenes - American soldiers fill in and seal bunker. Europe.

FIRST SPAN OF NEW HAWKESBURY BRIDGE First span of a new bridge across Hawkesbury river is placed on pillars.

Building Implosion

Wedding on Top of a Skyscraper Under Construction

VIPS AT FOREIGN PARADE Shots of the Perons in Argentina.

BRICKS FOR HOUSES Educational film showing various stages of brick making.

FORUM THEATRE EALING The building of the Forum Cinema in Ealing, London

High Rise Construction

Construction Site

Unusual Tower

THE SHANNON SCHEME The Shannon Scheme to provide electricty for the Irish Free State gets underway.

QUEEN MARY AT GUILDFORD Queen Mary visits the building site for the new Guildford Cathedral.

ALL HANDS TO THE RESCUE Men, women and children at Winchelsea get to work with their shovels and wheelbarrows to build a barrier which will stop the sea

Venezuela's City of Tomorrow

BUILDING A HOUSE the various stages of building a house.

THE HARBOUR Educational film showing the building of a harbour on the Gold Coast of West Africa.

MANUFACTURE OF ELECTRIC POWER CABLES ( HENLEY'S LTD ) - Reel 2 Detailed promotional film showing the processes involved in making Electric Power Cables.

Moving Air Force Hangers

WORLD'S FAIR IN NEW YORK Herbert Hoover, ex-president, visits building site of 1939 World's Fair.

NEW BUILDING TO ENLARGE SCHIPHOL AIRPORT Schiphol Airport in Holland is enlarged and reconstructed

ELEVEN MILE BORE California Power Companies built tunnel in mountains.

CORRECT TO 1/1000 OF AN INCH Winding gear weighing 30 tonnes is lifted up 2000 ft. (airship?) mooring mast.

FEVERISH ACTIVITY An item showing the process of constructing an air base by the Italians at Decamere. Abyssinia.

CORRECT TO 1/1000 OF AN INCH Winding gear weighing 30 tonnes is lifted up 2000 ft. (airship?) mooring mast.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH IN SYDNEY HARBOUR Prince Philip visits the building sit of the new Sydney Opera House

NEWS IS BUILDING Nuns building their own chalets.

LONDON PREPARES FOR THE JUMBO JET

LONDON PREPARES FOR THE JUMBO

LONDON PREPARES FOR THE JUMBO JET

Blimp Being Built and Wreckage Being Examined

EMPIRE'S LARGEST AIRSHIP SHED A look at a massive hangar and mooring mast for airships.

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES Scenes at St. Moritz in preparation for the Olympic Winter Games.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE NEARS COMPLETION

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE MAKES HISTORY

HOMES LIMITED American prefabricated houses erected across the country.

SLUM CLEARANCE Old Kent Road Area Very good stock shot material of demolition of terraced housing in inner city area.

LONDON BRIDGE London Bridge Nears Completion

THAMESMEAD - WOOLWICH LONDON Construction of New Town Stopped in Money Dispute

BUILDING SEA WALL - WEST INDIES West Indians in pit at work digging foundations for sea wall.

ROAD MAKING IN WEST INDIES West Indians work in diggers to clear the way for a road.

NEW LONDON BRIDGE Construction work on the new London Bridge over the River Thames.

SPIDERMAN Construction Workers on Girders

LONGEST BRIDGE NEARS COMPLETION Last section is placed in position on 3 mile bridge linking Dutch islands.

Focus on the 20s - Science and Technology

Railroad Construction Recreation

Miscellaneous Footage

Residential Construction

THATCHED BARN IN LONDON Man thatching roof of barn in the centre of London.

Construction Site

Construction Workers

Trucks and Bulldozers

Tokyo Gets Ready For Olympics

MORDEN CINEMA OPENED Nice piece about the building of a new cinema in Morden, London.

RAPID BUILDING Bricklayers working at high speed on rebuilding the country.

BRIDGE BUILDING Russian men and women rebuilding a bridge.

REBUILDING LENINGRAD Russian men and women rebuilding city of Stalingrad.

RAILWAY BREAKDOWN CREW AT WORK Railwaymen at work repairing bomb damaged lines.

Time Lapse Construction of Wind Tunnel

Cranes/Construction, Time Lapse

Time Lapse Crane Lifting Steel

Time Lapse Construction/Crane

MILLIONS FOR ALUMINIUM Canadians building hydroelectric plant to produce power to make aluminium.

QUEEN SEES FILM OF THE FORTH BRIDGES Various shots of the new suspension bridge; Queen and Duke meeting designers in Edinburgh.

ROCK SLIDE WRECKS POWER PLANT A rock slide at Niagara Falls wrecks part of the famous power station.

Selected Originals SIBERIAN POWER STATION

NEW TAY BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

NEW STATION TO PUMP WATER TOWARDS NEW YORK

Miscellaneous Footage

KTLA Baldwin Hills Dam Disaster

NEW BIG WHEEL Various shots of a huge Ferris wheel being constructed and raised into position in Holland.

MORE NEWS OF KARIBA DAM FLOODS More floods are making problems for the building of the Kariba Dam in Rhodesia.

The Way It Was - History of the Motor Grader

NEW ALPINE HIGHWAY TO BY-PASS BRENNER

A Harbour Goes To France

TRANSFORMING THE CAMARGUE TO HOLIDAY AREA The Camargue region of France is getting heavy investment to increase its tourist potential.

Alcan Highway (Alaska-Canadian Highway)

TRANSPORTING BRIDGE A large bridge span has to negotiate various obstacles as it is towed up river.

RECONSTRUCTION OF ELSTREE STUDIOS (Reel 1)

Heavy Construction Machinery - Land Clearing

MAKING INSULATORS FOR ASWAN DAM At a factory making giant insulators in Russia.

ARC WELDER Men are seen at work using welding equipment.

PARIS (aka AIR RAID TUNNEL IN PARIS) Footage of workers constructing a new air raid tunnel in Paris, France.

NEW BUILDINGS IN CRAIOVA Shots of the ultra modern newly built buildings in the Rumanian town of Craiova.

Arc Welding

LONDON BRIDGE London Bridge Nears Completion

BISCAROSSE - NEW FRENCH TRANSATLANTIC SEAPORT Men work with bulldozers to clear land for the building of a new seaport.

Tract Home Construction

GIANT CRANE CUTS COSTS Massive crane used to construct large block of LCC flats in Maida Vale.

NEW HOIST New type of mechanical cherry picker is demonstrated.

DYNAMITING FOR A NEW AIRPORT IN WASHINGTON Tree stumps are dynamited from a Washington field to make way for a new airport.

New Home Construction - Subdivisions

JOHN HARDING SPEAKS ON CHANNEL TUNNEL PROJECT An interview on some of the engineering considerations of boring through chalk.

AGRICULTURAL SCHEME FOR EX-SAILORS Site of agricultural training for ex-sailors under Government scheme. Alford, Surrey.

WORLD'S SECOND LARGEST FLAGPOLE ERECTED Workmen make adjustments as a flagpole is slowly raised into position.

TRENCHANT MECHANICAL DIGGER - CUTTING A ROAD IN SOUTH AFRICA

Animals and Misc

HOMES IN THE SKY New skyscraper estate built in Glasgow.

Trailer: BUILDING SCOTLAND'S NEW HOUSES encouraging school-leavers to learn skills for the building trade

TO CALL SPACE SOON New British radio telescope nears completion at Chilbolton.

Miscellaneous Footage

PLACING A HUNDRED TON GIRDER IN PLACE AT SPEKE, NR. LIVERPOOL A huge girder is guided into place to widen the railway at Speke Road, Liverpool.

NEWCASTLE BRIDGE New Scotswood bridge is opened

The Way It Was - History of the Motor Grader

DAM GOOD JOB An item showing Haweswater dam under construction in Cumbria.

MANCHESTER MOTORWAY New motorway in Manchester, Lancashire

SCHOOL BUILT IN 12 DAYS Good footage of new school being assembled in Twickenham , Surrey.

American Labor

GIANT MOBILE CRANE A huge mobile crane is seen in use in Duisberg.

NEW GERMAN STATE ROAD LINKS UP WITH AUSTRIA The first earth is dug from a new section of road linking German and Austrian autobahns.

REBUILDING GREECE New houses and bridges are built in Greece.

LONDON AIRPORT New buildings under construction at London's Heathrow Airport

Miscellaneous Footage

Road Construction - Heavy Equipment

NEW ROAD SURFACE New Road Surface Being Laid

KAMPALA Various shots from Kampala Uganda's capital

NEWS FROM AFRICA - SWAZILAND'S NEW RAILWAY New railway is being build in Swaziland.

The Way It Was - History of the Motor Grader

WYLFA NUCLEAR POWER STATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION Construction of the new Wylfa nuclear power station in Wales.

MAKING AIRFIELD British troops building airfield in France.

A Harbour Goes To France

PREFABS IN SWEDEN Footage of prefabs being constructed in Sweden.

BUILDING IN ST JAMES'S PARK Building (barracks) under construction at St James's Park, London.

ISRAELI DEFENCES: OIL LINE COMPLETED Refugees help complete oil line in Israel.

ELSTREE STUDIOS RECONSTRUCTION (Reel 2) Derelict buildings and builders at work.

CALIFORNIA - LARGEST REPAIR HANGAR Work continues on the largest repair depot for American military aeroplanes in the country. California, America (USA).

The Way It Was - History of the Motor Grader

AMERICA'S SIDE WALK CLUB (aka AMERICA'S SIDEWALK CLUB) People in the Sidewalk Club stand and watch men digging the roads and have full rights to comment and com

TROOPS BUILDING ACCOMMODATION IN FRANCE British troops building camp in heavy snow in France.

Heavy Construction Machinery - Land Clearing

SIBERIAN POWER STATION The new Irkutsk power station under construction.

Jay Ward Fractured Flickers

RAILS OVER THE ANDES Ecuador forges final rail link between its capital Quito and the Pacific.

CATHEDRALS OF LIVERPOOL Building work continues on both the Roman Catholic and Protestant Cathedrals in Liverpool.

BOMBED CHURCH RESTORED Before and after shots of restored church.

GERMANY'S WESTERN DEFENCES - SIEGFRIED LINE A look at how Germany built their Western defence - The Siegfried Line. Soundtrack missing.

Prospecting for Opals in Coober Pedy

MAKING AIRFIELD British troops building airfield, Spitfires flying, and fleet of ships at sea.

RECONSTRUCTION OF HARBOUR Russia hands over two ships as part of reparations and Gdynia harbour is rebuilt

WYLFA NUCLEAR POWER STATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION Construction of the new Wylfa nuclear power station in Wales.

NEW BRIDGE REPLACES FERRY

Miscellaneous Footage

A HOUSE BY AIR Footage of helicopter flying pieces of a house to be built on Easdale Island. Scotland.

New Home Construction - Subdivisions

THE KARA KUM CANAL Soviet Canal built to bring irrigation water and goods to the desert and return it to production.

INDUSTRIALISATION OF GAS INDUSTRY Construction of gas plant at Lacq, France.

CRANE LIFTS RECORD HEIGHT A 160 ton bridge is lifted by a mammoth floating crane - breaking a World's record!

LCC BUILDS WHERE HITLER BOMBED Progress on the "neighbourhood of St. Anne's" housing estate in Stepney.

Construction Site

ELEPHANT REPAIRS SEA DYKE: CEYLON An elephant is used to carry stones and repair sea dyke in Negombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

MECHANICAL BRICKLAYER Demonstration of a mechanical bricklayer called the Motor Mason.

House Construction

Paving Asphalt

MOZAMBIQUE DAM Cabora Bassa Dam in Mosambique

MPs VISIT KIKUYU RESERVE MP's visit local builders at Kikuyu Reserve in Kenya.

PUB ON STILTS Pub for builders - it is a shed on stilts in middle of London building site.

PLASTIC BRICKS Plastic bricks are used to build houses.

MOBILE HOMES The construction of mobile homes / prefabs.

Fighter Planes and Misc

ROAD REPAIRS Workers Repairing Brick Street

CLOSING THE DYKE OF THE LAUWER SEA Closing dyke at Lauwer Sea to eliminate threat of floods in areas of Northern Holland.

CONSTRUCTION OF ATOMIC POWER PLANT

New Home Construction - Subdivisions

The Vernier Calipers

U.S AIR PORT (aka U.S. AIRPORT, aka NEW PORT AIRLINES TO LAND IN NEW YORK CITY) A new airport is under construction in New York and the mayor signs contracts wi

LABOUR COUNCIL'S HOUSING Dr Addison in Woolwich Greater London digging the first sod of new housing estate.

NEW YORK PREPARES An item showing the White Stone bridge under construction , it is to link the mainland to Long Island for the World Fair. New York, America (U

WORLD'S END BUILDING PROJECT Construction of High Rise housing in Chelsea

OIL FILM SELECTED MATERIAL (REEL 2) Cuts from documentary 'Wealth of the World - Oil' - building a railroad in Iran

BUILDING PIRATE TELEVISION STATION OFF DUTCH COAST Television transmitter erected off Dutch coast.

NEW TRACTOR Demonstration of 'super bulldozer' for open cast mining.

UNITED STATES BIG BLAST Men work on the construction of a new bridge between New York State and Canada.

CZECH CONVENT REBUILT Old Amauz Convent in Czechoslovakia rebuilt.

SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH A Bailey bridge is erected by workers in the South of England.

THE ROYAL ENGINEERS BRIDGE BUILDING

BOMBED CHURCH RESTORED Before and after shots of restored church.

INFLATABLE AIR HALL An inflatable air hall protects building sites from bad weather

FLYING CRANE AIDS US ARMY American flying crane helicopter used to rebuild bridge in Vietnam.

Residential Construction

THE LADY BRICKLAYERS Women Construction Workers

RUSSIAN DAM CONSTRUCTION

TVA Project

Miscellaneous Footage

OIL FILM SELECTED MATERIAL (REEL 2) Cuts from documentary 'Wealth of the World - Oil' - Oil company builds in Iran

DELINQUENTS RECLAIMED Tropical island becomes prison camp where delinquents from Singapore will be reformed.

Housing Development

Miscellaneous Footage

NEW BRIDGE BEING ERECTED AT GREENFORD Footage of new bridge being built in Greenford, Greater London.

BRUSSELS EXHIBITION Brussels prepares for the International Exhibition, one highlight includes a model reproduction of the city during the middle ages. Belgium.

PARIS Images of the new and old Paris. Riverside Highway Helps Paris Traffic

U.S. Military Builds School in Vietnam

RECONSTRUCTING WARSAW STATION Building work begins on wrecked Warsaw railway station.

BIGGEST DREDGER IN THE WORLD Dredger in operation, revolving scoop, rubble into truck.

ICE BREAKING ON RIVER Ice breakers clear a frozen canal in Paris, France.

SPIDERMAN Construction Workers on Girders

Rebuilding terraces

MONTREAL REBUILDING UNDER WAY

REPLACING RAILS IN SECTIONS faulty rails being replaced in Czechoslovakia.

CHELSEA BRIDGE Reconstruction work on Chelsea Bridge, allowing it to cope with increasing volume of traffic.

MOZAMBIQUE DAM Cabora Bassa Dam in Mosambique

BULLDOZER AT WORK Bulldozer at work in a forest.

INDIAN WOUNDED Indian soldiers watch British soldiers working on the roof of a building.

FAR EAST NEW LOOK Building boom transforms Crown Colony of Hong Kong into very modern city.

KAINGJI DAM COMPLETED West Africa's biggest dam across the Niger River at Kaingji in construction and completion

INDUSTRIAL FAIR Shots of people looking at exhibits at the Hanover Industrial Fair.

A Harbour Goes To France

CZECH CONVENT REBUILT Old Amauz Convent in Czechoslovakia rebuilt.

LONDON PREPARES FOR THE JUMBO JET

BUILDING SEA WALL - WEST INDIES West Indians in pit at work digging foundations for sea wall.

The Way It Was - History of the Motor Grader

RECONSTRUCTION OF FRANCE Very good item showing reconstruction of France after the war.

POLAND Reconstruction of buildings

FRENCH CHANNEL TUNNEL SURVEY UNDER WAY

ROYAL SOVEREIGN LIGHT TOWER Royal Sovereign lightship is replaced by Royal Sovereign light tower.

WONDERFUL BRIDGE BUILDING French soldiers construct bridge on River Meuse, France.

Construction, Communication & Small Towns

INDUSTRY - 12,000 EMPLOYED BY WORLD'S FAIR (aka NEW YORK'S WORLD FAIR TAKES SHAPE) Men work on the construction of buildings on the site of the New York World's

LONDON AIRPORT New buildings under construction at London's Heathrow Airport

Steel Mill Construction Project

HUT BUILDING Soldiers Construct Building

STORM DAMAGE - ABERYSTWYTH Men work to repair damage to the sea wall and buildings on the front at Aberystwyth.

Road Construction - Heavy Equipment

NEW TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION IN ARGENTINA Construction work on massive tunnel

Michigan Avenue Construction

LAYING PIPES AND DRAINS - GERMANS Trenches are dug and large pipes lowered - a dog helps with the work.

COVENT GARDEN Views of building work underway in the redevelopment of Covent Garden market.

OLD BUILDINGS RESTORED AT WINDSOR IN AUSTRALIA

The Way It Was - History of the Motor Grader

MOTOR NOVELTIES Inventions - an automatic road roller, emergency exit on a bus and an "Expando" van.

STALINGRAD AFTER THE WAR Good footage of the rebuilding of Stalingrad beginning after the war.

HELICOPTER AT WORK Electric cables are transported across the River Rhine by helicopter.

PREFAB HOME - MRS CHURCHILL Prefabricated houses presented to public & inspected by Mrs Churchill.

Residential Construction

Michigan Avenue Construction

The Way It Was - History of the Motor Grader

MGM Fire

CONSTRUCTION OF THE NAIROBI AIRPORT New Nairobi airport constructed and opened.

PALESTINE TODAY - COLONISATION Good footage of Jews in Palestine building a new village.

LABOURERS PREPARE BUILDING FOR PRISONERS Shots of men at work with hammers and shovels near Alexandra Palace.

RECONSTRUCTION OF FRANCE Very good item showing reconstruction of France after the war.

UTILITY HOMECOMING Mrs Shea prepares her new prefabricated house for her husband's imminent homecoming.

PLAYERS AT WORK Actors repair bomb damage Embassy Theatre.

New Home Construction - Subdivisions

THAMESMEAD - WOOLWICH LONDON Construction of New Town Stopped in Money Dispute

BOMBED CHURCH RESTORED Before and after shots of restored church.

BRITISH JOURNALISTS VISIT BRUSSELS TO SEE PROGRESS ON EXHIBITION CONSTRUCTION

HOUSE ON RAILWAY A man is building a house on a disused railway line.

HOUSES TO RUSSIA Two American architects meet to look at blueprints in California.

The Way It Was - History of the Motor Grader

AUSSIES PREPARE FOR OLYMPIC Giant new sporting arenas being built in Melbourne for 1956 Olympic.

SPENDING - $35,000,000 GOES FOR FORD PLANT (aka FORD FIGHTS DEPRESSION) Henry Ford employs men to expand his factory at the Ford Motors River Rouge Plant.

VOLUNTEERS BUILD UPON HURRICANE RUINS Volunteer builders create new homes for those made homeless by a Louisiana Hurricane.

THE TOWER - A GOOLE, YORKSHIRE STUDY An enormous water tower in Goole is featured - under construction and views from the top.

ROYAL SOVEREIGN LIGHT TOWER Royal Sovereign lightship is replaced by Royal Sovereign light tower.

CONCRETE GIRDERS Concrete girders are transported outside.

NEW NON-SKID ROAD - EALING Good footage of men working on a new road in Ealing.

BALLOON HOUSES Balloons used as support in the building of houses

CATHEDRAL PROGRESS New Roman Catholic Cathedral in Liverpool getting into final stages of construction.

THE ROAD TO CHINA A new Ledo road leading to China is built and open in Burma.

ALDERSHOT - RECRUITS TAUGHT TO CONSTRUCT BRIDGES soldiers learning to build temporary bridges.

EARTHEN DAM BUILT IN SOUTH AMERICA TO GUARD AGAINST COMING RAINY SEASON

SKY SCRAPER TOWER FOR SYDNEY A New Steel Tower is Built on Top of a Building in Sydney, Australia

Trailer: BRICKMAKERS REQUIRED Trailer calling for more brickmakers.

Michigan Avenue Construction

New Home Construction - Subdivisions

IRRIGATION PROVINCE IN EGYPTIAN DESERT

EXPO 67 TAKING SHAPE Building pavilions for the Montreal 1967 World Fair - Expo '67.

CRANE AT WORK Crane lifting long flat piece of metal with holes in it.

New Home Construction

A Harbour Goes To France

Plants and Buildings

UNNRA ROAD WORKS IN CHINA Chinese men learning how to build road with contemporary machinery sent by UNNRA.

Industrial Images

Construction in London, Old Kent Road

HIGHEST BUILDING IN BRITISH EMPIRE The last girder is in place on the highest building in the British Empire, a 21 storey skyscraper.

HYDROPOWER STATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION New hydropower station under construction at Kaunus in Lithuania.

WIND TUNNEL INSTALLED AT BEDFORD Various shots of the building of a large wind tunnel in Bedford.

GIANT DRAGLINE The world's largest mobile dragline (giant bulldozer) in action.

Construction of Panama Canal

MELBOURNE'S NEW AIRPORT A new airport for Melbourne is well under construction.

New Home Construction

BAD WEATHER HAMPERS TRENCH WORKS IN ZEELAND Work on a large Dutch dyke is held up by bad weather and rough seas.

STALINGRAD HYDROPOWER STATION Shots of hydropower station being built in Stalingrad.

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR OF 1940 Finishing Touches are put to the American Exhibit at the World's Fair - a Model of a Future City

A Harbour Goes To France

INVASION SCENES Allied troops advance through France.

TRANS CANADA OIL PIPELAND Laying of oil line across Mackinac Straits.

A Harbour Goes To France

BUILDERS BEAT WEATHER Polythene cover over house being built so that builders are protected in bad weather.

New Home Construction - Subdivisions

THE FUTURE EXHIBITION PALACE IN PARIS New exhibition hall with futuristic dome in Paris.

Dallas, Miami & Machinery

From Lumber Mill to Construction Site

JUMBO JET PREPARATIONS Heathrow Airport extended to accommodate jumbo jets and their passengers.

PORTABLE DAM TO FIGHT FLOODS Portable dam for fighting the floods is demonstrated.

Tract Home Construction

NEW MARKET READY SOON Smithfield's new poultry market nears completion after the original burnt down in 1958.

MECHANICAL DIGGERS A mechanical digger in operation

NYLON - NEW WEAPON AGAINST THE SEA Nylon sandbags make up temporary dyke off the Island of Tholen.

PARIS Images of the new and old Paris. Riverside Highway Helps Paris Traffic

Construction work, workers in city

The Way It Was - History of the Motor Grader

Alaskan-Canadian Highway Construction

Heede Climbing Crane

BUILDING PIRATE TELEVISION STATION OFF DUTCH COAST Television transmitter erected off Dutch coast.

CAN YOU GUESS? The audience is invited to play a guessing game - strange shots are revealed to be of a gasometer.

GATHERED COLUMNS PROVIDE THE SUPPORTS FOR NEW BUILDINGS Gathered columns provide more space for pedestrians and support for buildings in Sydney.

Rodeo, Crowds and Constuction

THE RAMMER Gas operated ramming machine is operated - pounding roads.

Drill Pointer Cuts & Owl in Forest

ENGINEER CORPS BUILD ROADS IN ALGIERS Engineer Corps building, and giving medical help and schooling in Algeria.

PETHOPAVLOVSK CATHEDRAL A beautiful cathedral in Leningrad is restored.

Prospecting for Opals in Coober Pedy

THE GIANT DAM Construction of Diablo Dam

CEYLON TODAY Building of new airfield, tea picking and process of obtaining rubber from trees in Ceylon.

RUMANIAN HOUSES Modern housing blocks are built in Bucharest.

U.S. Army Rebuilds Bridge

NEW MARKET READY SOON Smithfield's new poultry market nears completion after the original burnt down in 1958.

ELSTREE STUDIOS RECONSTRUCTION (Reel 2) Derelict buildings and builders at work.

Seattle Space Needle Construction

Grinder and Buffer

Road construction, city street

MARSH REED HOUSES Men harvesting reeds on frozen swamp to make reed panels used for building houses.

WOODEN HUTS New army barracks being built, possibly at Aldershot.

SCOTTISH HYDRO ELECTRIC SCHEME New hydro electric power plant being built in Scotland.

R.E'S BUILD JUNGLE AIR STRIP Helicopters and canoes help construction of new airstrips in Malayan jungle.

ATOMIC STATION BREEDER REACTOR Half completed Sphere, interior of Sphere, men at work inside Sphere.

The Way It Was - History of the Motor Grader

HARBOUR FOR KARIBA Footage of new harbour under construction in Rhodesia.

New Home Construction - Subdivisions

ROYAL SOVEREIGN LIGHT TOWER Royal Sovereign lightship is replaced by Royal Sovereign light tower.

WOMEN EXCAVATORS Land girls make a ditch to drain a field in Hertfordshire.

Road Construction - Heavy Equipment

THE BEATLES WET RECEPTION IN SYDNEY The Beatles arrive to Sydney in pouring rain.

JUMBO JET PREPARATIONS Heathrow Airport extended to accommodate jumbo jets and their passengers.

BLACKWALL TUNNEL Leader of the Greater London Council, Desmond Plummer, opens Blackwall tunnel.

IRELAND SOLVES THEIR HOUSING PROBLEM how the housing problem at Clontarf in Ireland is being solved by quickly building new homes.

Arc Welding

THE IRKUTSK HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER DAM

Michigan Avenue Construction

Chrysler - 067 Driving Tests

THE SUPER DAM Construction of the Scar House Dam near Bradford in Yorkshire.

BENFLEET Vehicles Fording River; Bridge Building & Dedication c.1920s

GIANT GIRDER Transporting Giant Girder for Bridge

GROWTH OF ORLY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Growing installations at Orly international airport in Paris.

Miscellaneous Footage

Michigan Avenue Construction

BUILDIN' IN THE RAIN Building site in London where builders work in the rain with aid of large tents.

TODAY ... AT THE WORLD OF TOMORROW Russia closes its pavilion at the World Fair

FRENCH ATOMIC CENTRE Nuclear power station at Saclay, France.

House Construction

WATER SHORTAGE IN SYDNEY

LONDON - CAR PARK UNDER PARK Ernest Marples inspects construction site of underground car park beneath Hyde Park.

WORLDS LARGEST CRANE World's largest crane at Fina oil refinery

CRYSTAL PALACE F.C. NEW STAND New stand for the Crystal Palace Football Club stadium

The Way It Was - History of the Motor Grader

Miscellaneous Footage

HIGH LIFERS Workers on Gas Tower

RUGBY RADIO STATION Building work on Britain's biggest wireless Station.

CZECH CONVENT REBUILT Old Amauz Convent in Czechoslovakia rebuilt.

NEW GERMAN ARMY BARRACKS new German army barracks and recruits joining up.

HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PLANT OF KAPRUN Massive Austrian project completed after 15 years to yield 815 million kilowatts of power.

NEW TOWN FROM THE SEA IN HOLLAND People move into newly erected town of Lelystad, Holland.

NEW ROAD SURFACE New Road Surface Being Laid

MEXICO NEARS COMPLETION Mexico City prepares for the Olympic Games - most of the works already done.

OIL FILM SELECTED MATERIAL (REEL 2) Cuts from documentary 'Wealth of the World - Oil' - Oil company builds in Iran

Arc Welding

COLOMBIAN RAILROAD The linking of the Atlantic coast with Pacific coast by rail.

New Construction, Suburban Sprawl

TROOPS BUILDING BRIDGE Army builds a bridge at Cheb region in Czechoslovakia.

The Way It Was - History of the Motor Grader

COLUMBIA PROJECT Americans and Canadians jointly building a dam at Columbia River.

JUMBO JET PREPARATIONS Heathrow Airport extended to accommodate jumbo jets and their passengers.

BRIDGE BUILDING Architect's Battalion of soldiers builds a bridge at Elstree, then marches over it!

COVENT GARDEN Views of building work underway in the redevelopment of Covent Garden market.

GPO TOWER CONTRUCTION Building the GPO Tower in London

LONDON'S NEW BUILDINGS Various shots of modern office buildings in various stages of design and construction.

GO TO THE FAIR! Workmen gathered together before continuing preparations for Bri

INSTANT OLDE WORLDE PUB Prefabricating a "Olde Worlde" English Pub to ship to Stockholm for a British Exports drive

NEW BRIDGE FOR ROME Footage of the construction of the a new bridge to be built in Rome, Italy.