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SHEFFIELD WATER WORKS 3

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WORK ID: YFA 6755 (Master Record)

TitleYearDate
SHEFFIELD WATER WORKS 31955 1955-01-01
Details Original Format: 16mm
Colour: Black & White
Sound: Silent
Duration: 6 mins
Genre: Documentary

Subject: Working Life
Science/Technology
Environment/Nature
Architecture



Summary
General work on the activities of the water works around Sheffield, including clips of a committee meeting, the customer counters, office workers, and the building of new plant.
Description
General work on the activities of the water works around Sheffield, including clips of a committee meeting, the customer counters, office workers, and the building of new plant. A group of men are shown standing over a table looking at some plans for Bradfield filter station. A sign on a door handle reads ‘Water Committee in Session’. A committee meeting is shown in progress - men are all sat around a table flipping through papers. Workers are shown in a classroom. The exterior building...
General work on the activities of the water works around Sheffield, including clips of a committee meeting, the customer counters, office workers, and the building of new plant. A group of men are shown standing over a table looking at some plans for Bradfield filter station. A sign on a door handle reads ‘Water Committee in Session’. A committee meeting is shown in progress - men are all sat around a table flipping through papers. Workers are shown in a classroom. The exterior building of the offices is shown. Workers at the customer counters/help desks are shown. Workers in an office with desks of paperwork are shown. A woman is shown using a typewriter to fill in a form. Two men are shown talking across a desk. One of the men answers a telephone. Workers are shown using rulers and mathematical measuring equipment to make markings on maps and diagrams. A construction site for a new plant is shown. A worker secures bricks in place with cement. Progress on the building is shown. Work on the pipes is shown. A reservoir is shown in the landscape. Two men are watching the work from a distance, and a photographer is seen in the background. A digger releases a load. Tubing is shown being directed by a worker on the end of a crane. Pipework is shown laid in the ground. Construction work continues. Cement is shown pouring. Men are shown shovelling. A container of cement is hoisted in the air by a crane. Men on the ground direct the container as it pours cement onto a specific part of the concrete structure. A bucket on a crane is shown pouring debris on the site. A map is shown of the water network around the City of Sheffield. Title card - ‘Part 2’.
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