Dynamiting A Mountain (1925)

Item title reads - Dynamiting a mountain! Hundred of tons of limestone hurled in air by big explosion, makes majestic spectacle. Newton. M/S of a man poking a hole in the ground with a stick, another man hands him the charge of dynamite and he puts it in and pokes it down. M/S of a man ready to press the plunger, another man waves his hat and the plunger is pressed. L/S as the side of the mountain is blown away. Slow motion M/S of the shot again as the limestone fragments into thousands of pieces and throws dust everywhere. 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 Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Ga