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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

7179

Title

[BICC CONSTRUCTION SITE, PRESCOT]

Producer

C Nolan and B J Gill for British Copper Refiners

Date

1966

Gauge

16mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

16 mins 30 secs

Description

Scenes on site during the construction of the new BICC (British Insulated Callender's Cables) works at Prescot. Features general views of the site, diggers and bulldozers at work, and cranes lifting metal girders as the structure of a factory building takes shape. Men are seen working on the roof of the new structure and there are shots of construction activity inside.

[Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]

 

 



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