Wholesale Chimney Felling (1929)

Item title reads - Wholesale chimney felling. Steeplejack’s busy day clearing sites for new factories by the riverside. Greenwich, Greater London. M/S as a man knocks bricks out of the bottom of the chimney. L/S of the chimney falling, creating a cloud of dust, the camera pans down to the rubble. M/S of two men knocking out bricks and making the hole bigger at the bottom. M/S as one chimney cracks across the base and collapses. Various shots of the chimneys falling to the ground. M/S of another man hammering at the base. M/S of the chimney collapsing afterwards. M/S of some wires, camera pans up chimney. Various good shots as the chimneys collapse. M/S of a man sorting through the rubble afterwards. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters