Building Site (1950)

Unissued / unused material.
"On Site" building site.
Various shots building site, concrete blockhouses are under construction. MS workmen pulling barrow off lift. LS workmen moulding walls. CU mould being placed into position. CU shovel taking cement from barrow. MS workmen filling mould and ramming home concrete (2 shots). MS two walls and cavity, pan up to workmen finishing off mould. CU workmen lifting off mould and placing it ready for next brick. CU spade digging cement from barrow, pan as concrete is dropped into cavity. MS workmen filling cavity. CU concrete being poured into cavity. MS completed house with tiles stacked on roof. MS man taking tiles from hod and places them on roof, pan down to slate. Workmen fixing slates. MS Eugene O'Sullivan, inventor of "On Site" housing system, looking at mould, pan down to mould. CU Mr. O'Sullivan. MS completed house, pan to general view.
This item is identical to 2525.28 (UN 2379 D).
FILM ID:2525.32
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[@lavouradabouca]

Hello. We've done a homemade interview with old archive references of this period. Can we use partial clip? Thank You. Hugo

[@Mr.1.i]

Is that how they made concrete houses with a 12" block stencils

[@chrishultgren777]

Guarantee that house is still standing while stick built houses built a generation after have been eaten by termites.

[@gerardcoyne9210]

No PPE 😂

[@gerardfarrell3135]

When men were men and work was work

[@freddiemoses467]

How do you know they identified as men?

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@@freddiemoses467 delayed cringe