Stranded In Prescot British Insulated Cables Ltd Reel 1 (1932)

A promotional film made for British Insulated Cables Ltd. Great industrial processes footage. c 1932 Reel 1 Primitive methods of obtaining power from natural sources are illustrated. We see horse power (horse attached to a pulling device), water power (a water mill), wind power (a windmill with half a dozen Dutch girls walking towards the camera arm in arm. Intertitle explains that Power is now produced in the great Power Stations and distributed by cable to wherever it is required. L/S of a large power station. Interior shots. An electric railway is featured. this is contrasted to Stephenson’s Rocket - a replica of which is filmed pulling trucks filled with people in old fashioned costume. An old fashioned oil lamp is lit this is contrasted with an electric light being turned on. Low angle shot of a large factory lit up at night. Various large municipal buildings are seen lit up at night. Intertitle describes how the distribution of power and light is only made possible by the electric cable.