track renewal at newcastle

[philip-griffiths]

This link was posted by an academic colleague at Newcastle. The BFI film shows the relaying of the east end crossings at Newcastle.

apologies if it has already been posted.

http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-ren ... tion-1949/

I must admit as a line manager the H&S aspects of this are freaking me out!

regards

Philip

[Re6/6]

Thanks for that Philip.

Indeed the H & S aspects are 'interesting' also the sheer number of workers involved. One has to wonder who knew what went where!

[dal-t]

I wish I could watch, but despite being a subscriber to BFI (an email a day, whatever you say) it won't let me view from here unless I'm fully 'cloaked', and my (paid) subscription to that has run out. However, I think it's safe to say (!) Elf and Save Tea hadn't been invented in those days, union safety reps were still struggling to give birth to it.

[Andy W]

I assume the clip is mute as there's no voice over to say ho long the installation took? And how long would it take today?

[Alan Turner]

I assume the clip is mute as there's no voice over to say ho long the installation took? And how long would it take today?

Probably three times longer than it did then!

Regards

Alan