SHANDON HYDRO DEMOLISHING
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Title: SHANDON HYDRO DEMOLISHING
Reference number: 3712
Date: 1960c
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 0.53 mins
Description:
The demolition of the Shandon Hydro.
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Shotlist: Ext. of the half demolished building, tower at the front (.12) C/u on man laying the explosives. (.18) Man in a white coat standing outside with another man ( not part of the crew. Owner of building (?)). Pan up the tower. (.28) Man standing at the top of the building holding a blanket of heavy material. (.31) Police holding the traffic back from the demolition site. (.36) Man in the white coat pushing down the detonator. (.39) View of the tower disappearing into a cloud of dust. (.53)