STK-ID 35390

Various shots of men working on construction equipment (Caterpillars and other brands) in the West Indies, one pushing earth in stack with a bulldozer tractor and the other tracker is taking it from stack and filling a dumper truck, of full trucks driving further and dumping earth, of a crane digging mud and filling a truck with it. HAMS of village, lots of trees in evidence, trucks moving on construction site in background. ZOOM OUT LS of village on top of a mount with lake beside it and with another one in evidence down hill, mountains in background and forest in foreground. HAMS of Caribbean Sea with mountainous coast. MS of a mountain of earth with some trees on one side and machinery down hill, of an explosion sending earth billowing in sky returning to ground quickly.

DETAILS

Excerpt from
Airports for Export from Canada
Location
Caribbean Islands and West Indies (Antilles)
Year
1969
Collection
National Film Board
Available formats
Reel 16 mm, Born Digital, ProRes
Shooting format
16mm original ektachrome
Aspect ratio
4/3
Available resolutions
2048x1556, 1920 x 1080