Land Reclamation At Dee Estuary (1947)

Unissued / Unused material. Land reclamation near River Dee, Chester, Cheshire. C/U the huge dredger sucking up the water. Aerial view showing the pipeline stretching across the marshes to a point 2 miles away where the water is disgorged. Aerial view of a factory area in Chester showing chimneys smoking. L/S pan of the pipe. M/S’s the dredging machine. C/U the pipe. C/U the men’s feet putting on clogs. L/S pipe. C/U dredging machine. C/U oiling the dredging machine. Cataloguer’s note: these are cuts for story ’Britain Gets Down to It’ in 47/82 on *PM1195*. This is the only story left from UN 1828, the rest have decomposed. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news