The Girder Men (1930)

Germany? Story about construction workers who wander precariously up and down narrow beams and planks. Camera at ground lever tilts up to the top of a large building. M/S of two men working very high up sitting astride an iron girder on a pulley system. Various shots of men standing on precarious girders, working in vertiginous circumstances, balancing on narrow iron walkways etc. The men have a drink - although the intertitle states that they are drinking tea, it looks more like beer! Short segment - probably incomplete. Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 663. 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 Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bullet