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British Isles

Reel Number: 221128-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1948

Country: England,NORTHERN IRELAND,Scotland,United Kingdom,Wales

Location: London

TC Begins: 01:00:16

TC Ends: 01:11:00

Duration: 00:10:44

British Isles Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Animated globe - zoom in on Britain. Montage w/ VO re variety within British Isles: aerial over rocky coastline; rooftops of rural town; countryside; herd of sheep across moors; industrial landscape w/ mining town; London harbor w/ Tower Bridge in BG; White Cliffs of Dover. Map of British Isles showing lowlands & uplands - England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland marked. Picturesque village - mining town - 1930s housing estate - northern terraced housing VO “bleak slum areas”. People at market stall - vars CUs British men - street scene outside factory. Map showing populated areas of Britain, major cities & natural resources. Coal mining scenes; digging for iron ore; map showing imports of iron ore & scrap iron from outside Britain. Steelworks / blast furnaces. Hand pouring into molds. Ingot lifted. Machining steel in factory. Shipyard scenes & riveting. Clay pit w/ workers with picks & shovels; potters at wheel; china manufacture. Sheep on hillside. Map of world showing imports of wool & cotton. 01:06:35 Textile mill - female weavers - rows of spinning machines. Looms. Horse-drawn wheat swather, harvester; kids helping w/ potato harvest; dairy herd grazing; cattle market in village square; sheep auction w/ sheep in pens. 01:07:41 Fishermen unload catch on dockside. Market scenes. Map of world showing imports of food. Cargo ships in harbor - London docks - imports unloaded & British goods packed for export. Map showing harbors & shipping routes - animation of exports. 01:10:13 Many ships at dock, pan across River Thames w/ Tower Bridge in BG. London street scenes - St. Paul’s Cathedral - traffic & pedestrians - London buses - Houses of Parliament. Travelogues. Europe. United Kingdom. Post-WWII Economy. Post-WW2; Trade. Heavy Industry. Farming / Agriculture. 1950s; 1940s; 1948; NOTE: One continuous minute sold at per reel rate.

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