This documentary by Coulthard Productions relates to the aqueduct built between Brayton Bar reservoir and Hoober reservoir. The majority of the film focuses on the workers and diggers at the excavation site where pipes are being fitted at Kirk Smeaton, Womersley Gorge and the Went Gorge. Narrated by Paul Lally. Title card ‘Yorkshire Water Authority Presents’ overlaying the blue rose Yorkshire Water logo (of the time period). Title card ‘Aqueduct II – Reinforcing the Grid’. Fields and...

This documentary by Coulthard Productions relates to the aqueduct built between Brayton Bar reservoir and Hoober reservoir. The majority of the film focuses on the workers and diggers at the excavation site where pipes are being fitted at Kirk Smeaton, Womersley Gorge and the Went Gorge. Narrated by Paul Lally. Title card ‘Yorkshire Water Authority Presents’ overlaying the blue rose Yorkshire Water logo (of the time period). Title card ‘Aqueduct II – Reinforcing the Grid’. Fields and countryside are shown. Water travelling through a tunnel is seen. A woodland is shown with a river running through it. Fields with horses in are shown. A map appears, showing where the aqueduct is built between Brayton Bar Reservoir (near Selby) and the reservoir at Hoober near Sheffield. Men in suits are in a meeting room, sifting through documents. A surveyor with a camera looks through the eyepiece. Diggers are shown at an area they are excavating. A river gorge near the diggers and cranes is shown; it is near Kirk Smeaton. Pneumatic breakers are shown digging deep into rock to form a trench for pipework. The diggers continue to excavate the rock. A digger driver is seen in the cab of the digger. Hills and landscape are shown. Workers are chatting on site and point something out in the distance. Welded steel pipes are seen in a machine. A worker in a hard hat and ear defenders supervises the production of pipes. A large pipe is being spun around in the production machine. The pipe rolls down a track when finished. Technical gauges are shown. Workers are seen inspecting machinery. The welding process is shown up-close on the open seam of the pipe to close it. A red light reads ‘X-ray on’. A measuring device is shown close-up. The pipe can be seen rotating as it is being shot-blasted. The shot-blasting is seen closer up from the perspective of the pipe interior. The pipe continues to spin. The pipe is moved across the factory on leather straps. A panning shot shows pre-heat and shot blast machinery/processes. A worker supervises machinery which is giving the pipe solar reflective wrapping. There are more close-up shots of machinery. A worker supervises some other machinery. A large pipe rolls past, allowing the camera to see through it from one end to the other. Large pipes are seen strapped to a reversing low-loader. A digger moves further up the hill near the excavation site. Pipes are shown on the ground of the excavation site. Water is shown passing through a translucent pipe. A digger sits behind a temporary flume pipe. A large pipe is seen being lowered into the River Went. Liquid is shown coming out of the pipe. A digger sits at the excavation site. Sand is being poured over the pipe for protection before the area is backfilled with excavated material. The digger is shown picking up sand. A truck drives away. The digger drops and smooths sand into the correct place. Large pipes are lowered into a pre-made trench at Womersley Quarry. A long row of pipes can be seen neatly laid out in the trench at the quarry. Twin high-level mains are laid through operational site at the central electricity generating board at Gale Common. Workers surround the pipes and work on removing scale. A crane can see been on site above the pipes. Welders are shown doing welding work on the pipes. A close-up can be seen of the internal welding system used on this type of main pipe. Pipes are shown welded and ready to use. The pipes in the trench are backfilled to form an embankment. There are various shots of the nearby landscape. There are various shots of the excavation site. A digger is shown moving sand around. Two large pipes are seen sat on a loading vehicle. There are more shots of the nearby landscape. Cranes are shown at the Went Gorge. A worker is seen standing on a platform. Another worker is seen loading up a crane. Diggers are seen at work on site. There is an aerial view of large pipes being moved. A pipe is shown being moved by a crane with a worker sat in the open end of it. Another worker is seen controlling the crane. Another pipe is shown being moved by a crane with a worker stood on top of it. Workers are shown taking measurements at the top of the north face of the gorge. A worker drives a crane carrying a large pipe whilst another worker sits on the front of the vehicle. The pipe is lowered into the final position. Workers are stood around the crane. A panning shot reveals the full pipe system that has been installed. Workers look at the work they’ve been doing from a distance. Site inspectors are talking amongst themselves and pointing at pipework. Workers are doing some labour on the pipes. There are exterior shots of New Road Pumping Station. Interior shots show the machinery and technology within the pumping station. Site inspectors are pointing in the distance to the landscape. Diggers are shown moving things around. Shots of the landscape show fields containing pylons. Credits – ‘Narration – Paul Lally’ appears over the Yorkshire Water rose logo. Credits – ‘A Coulthard Production’ appears over the Yorkshire Water rose logo.