Summary

No title - CABLE RAILWAY From the Kentish Colliery to Dover. <br/> <br/>M/S as big buckets are filled with coal and set off on their journey by cable car. Various shots as they pass by the central powerhouse. Various shots as they make their way along. L/S of the cable cars near cliff edge. M/S as one enters tunnel to Dover harbour. L/S of cable car and white cliffs of Dover in background. M/S as the buckets empty into bunkers on the pier. A man pushes a bucket on its return journey of 7 miles. L/S pan across the cable cars at the harbour.

Source British Pathé
Title COAL CABLE CAR
Description No title - CABLE RAILWAY From the Kentish Colliery to Dover.

M/S as big buckets are filled with coal and set off on their journey by cable car. Various shots as they pass by the central powerhouse. Various shots as they make their way along. L/S of the cable cars near cliff edge. M/S as one enters tunnel to Dover harbour. L/S of cable car and white cliffs of Dover in background. M/S as the buckets empty into bunkers on the pier. A man pushes a bucket on its return journey of 7 miles. L/S pan across the cable cars at the harbour.
Archive British Pathe
Year 1939
Duration 00:01:11:00
Stock Black & White
Sound Sound
Film ID 1270.31

Keywords

cable cars transport Kentish Colliery Dover coal industry quirky
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