Electric Canals! (1931)

Kidderminster, Worcestershire. A story about electric barges. Low angle shot of electric cable being attached to overhead electric lines. Camera tilts down to the barge then we see a man about to operate the electric motor. “What the old bargee said when he saw the “Tram Barge“ would need a fireproof film to describe - “ reads the intertitle. M/S of the barge moving away from the banks of the canal. We see the barge moving along. “It does the work of three horses - never tires and goes a steady six knots.“ Various shots of the barge moving along the canal. Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 673. 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 agencies G