Skyscraper London Aka Gravel Pits (1963)

London and Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. Long panning shot of modern buildings on the banks of the River Thames. Various low angle shots of modern sky scrapers. M/S of a man working a cement machine. M/S of a man using a wheel barrow to scoop up gravel. C/U of a man operating machinery. M/S of gravel being lifted in a mechanical scoop. M/S of a machine digging earth from the side of the quarry in Buckinghamshire. L/S of the crane that the machine is attached to. M/S of sand being dumped into a truck. Panning shot follows a crane moving around the quarry. Panning shot from the quarry to the industrial landscape of the open air glacial deposit factory (used in the building of skyscrapers). M/S of gravel being transported along a conveyor belt. Various shots of the glacial deposits being treated - the deposits are washed in great water mills, sieved and passed down various conveyor belts and shoots. London. M/S of a large funnel being lifted past scaffolding on the side of a building. The
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