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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

5104

Title

THE SLATE QUARRY

Producer

Sam Hanna

Date

1945-46

Gauge

16mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

11 mins 53 secs

Description

The film follows the process of producing slate roofing tiles. After a map of the location is shown (Burlington Quarry near Kirby-in-Furness), there are views of the South Cumbrian hills before the film moves in to the quarry itself. Workers drill and break up the rock and slabs are removed and transported in trucks to the cutting shed. Slates are split and dressed, waste is deposited and the finished slates are taken away from the quarry to be weighed and loaded on to rail wagons to continue their journey. The film ends with shots of workers using the finished slate to tile the roof of a new house.

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