Land Reclamation At Dee Estuary (1947)

Unissued / Unused material.



Land reclamation near River Dee, Chester, Cheshire.



C/U the huge dredger sucking up the water. Aerial view showing the pipeline stretching across the marshes to a point 2 miles away where the water is disgorged. Aerial view of a factory area in Chester showing chimneys smoking. L/S pan of the pipe. M/S's the dredging machine. C/U the pipe. C/U the men's feet putting on clogs. L/S pipe. C/U dredging machine. C/U oiling the dredging machine.



Cataloguer's note: these are cuts for story 'Britain Gets Down to It' in 47/82 on *PM1195*. This is the only story left from UN 1828, the rest have decomposed.
FILM ID:2180.05

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