Slate Quarry Beware - Other Colour Pics Share This Title (1962)

Port Dinorwic, Caernarvonshire, Wales. L/S of “the world’s largest slate quarry“, tilt down to show a steam train at the bottom of the pit. M/S of a man drilling a hole into the rock face. C/U of the man, he wears a hard hat. C/U of the drill boring into the rock. Low angle shot of the man drilling. Panning shot down the rock face to where two men are at work. M/S of the man taking the drill out of the rock face, another man enters and fills the hole with dynamite. C/U of the dynamite going into the hole, it is then plugged with paper. C/U of the fuse about to be lit. C/U of the man. C/U of the fuse catching light. M/S of three men walking to a shelter made from slate. L/S of the quarry, an explosion dislodges a large lump of slate. L/S of two men dislodging boulders from the rock face, tilt down as the slate falls into the quarry. M/S of two men lifting a large lump of slate onto a cart. L/S of the quarry. M/S of a small train pulling carts stacked with slate. L/S of the “quarry’s own