Pyramids Of Cornwall A West Carclaze Study (1929)
Cornwall. Down in the West Country can be seen the huge mounds which denote the presence of the china clay M, S of large mounds of clay. alongside, the great pits each having its captain or High angle panning shots of the clay pits. M, S of a foreman. Panning shot of the pits. The clay is several feet below the surface, so the top earthen layer must be M, S of men at work with large picks on the rock face. M, S of the men pushing along a trolley laden with rocks. This leaves the clay deposit a mixture of sand and M, S of man in a suit smoking a pipe checking the quality of a piece of clay held by the foreman. C, U of a piece of clay. Everyday is washing day here, where jets of water wash the clay from the M, S of men directing large water hoses at the cliff face. The mixture of clay and sand runs into sand boxes, which deposit the heavy sand and allow the lighter clay to run High angle shot of a man working in shallow water. This
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