STK-ID 21772

Various good shots of scoop shovel, front loader, loading trucks, digging foundations. CUs of scoop shovel bucket biting into the soil, of scoop of front loader as loader backs up and empties into truck. HAMSs and LSs of shovel loading truck, of truck moving away, of front loader loading truck taken from almost directly above. Level MCSs and MSs of shovel digging excavation, trench, filling truck. The driver gets into his cab and the trucks drive away past the camera. The front loader shoves a mouthful of dirt towards the camera and stops just in time. Shots of the excavation and PAN to shovel at work. A newly finished modern apartment building is visible in the background of one of these shots. TILT UP to top of aforementioned building. Front and oblique views of shovel operator in his cab as shovel swings back and forth.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Regent Park Housing
Location
Toronto
Year
1956
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 35 mm, Digital Video Disk, Digital Bétacam
Shooting format
35mm neg b&w
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
720 x 486