An industrial film shows the UMM Greenside Goliath overhead crane being installed and then in operation at Solsgirth coal mine in Scotland. The final part of the film shows the crane in operation at Castlehill Mine also in Scotland. This film opens showing a notice board outside a new mine in Scotland which reads; National Coal Board Scottish North Area – Solsgirth Mine – This New Mine Is Being Sunk To Produce Coal For The Longannet Power Station. A welder works on a blue painted metal...

An industrial film shows the UMM Greenside Goliath overhead crane being installed and then in operation at Solsgirth coal mine in Scotland. The final part of the film shows the crane in operation at Castlehill Mine also in Scotland. This film opens showing a notice board outside a new mine in Scotland which reads; National Coal Board Scottish North Area – Solsgirth Mine – This New Mine Is Being Sunk To Produce Coal For The Longannet Power Station. A welder works on a blue painted metal structure. Two large cranes are positioned at either end of the structure which will provide the gantry for a new mobile crane at the mine. A workman attaches chains suspended from a crane hook onto part of the gantry. A general view shows the gantry on the ground with the two cranes nearby. A closer view follows of a workman as he watches the work in progress. A board attached to the gantry reads; Greenside Aycliffe C. Durham SWL 5 Ton 1968. Cable runs off the winch of one of the hoisting cranes, the driver in the cab operates the controls. Slowly the gantry section leaves the ground. The four supporting legs have ‘hinges’ which allow the legs to become upright the higher the gantry is lifted. Wheels at the base of these legs will allow the crane to move on a track. A man wearing a miner’s helmet complete with lamp watches the lifting of the new crane. The gantry is now high above the ground and the supporting legs in position. Workmen add sections between the front and back legs to give rigidity to the structure so that it can stand on its own and run on its track. Nuts and bolts are fitted to the new sections. A general view follows of the new crane structure, the two hoisting cranes still support the gantry section. Workmen climb up one of the legs of the crane. A change of view follows as we see a workman walking across the gantry section having released the hook of one of the supporting cranes at one end. Another view follows of the noticeboard seen at the beginning of the film. A general view shows the crane standing on its own. A workman at ground level holds a remote-control unit to operate the crane. Workmen position themselves around a load that needs to be moved in the storage yard. The load is lifted by hook into the air and the crane travels along its rails to another part of the yard. The load is guide by two workmen and the crane’s operator. A view follows of the safe load limit notice board seen earlier. Three workmen watch the cranes progress. Another viewpoint shows the crane and the workmen going away from the camera. The film cuts to another notice similar to the one seen at the beginning of the film; National Coal Board Scottish North Area – Castlehill Mine – This New Mine Is Being Sunk to Produce Coal For The New Longannet Power Station. An operator uses a remote control unit of the same type that operates the Solsgirth crane to guide a load at the Castlehill storage yard. The operator and the crane approach the camera, the load appears to be of wood sections. Another view shows the crane traversing over a range of other items in the storage yard. Two other general views taken from a distance show the crane in motion which ends the film.