Canal Locks (1924)

No title. Top shot of a new type of canal lock. Intertitle reads: It can transfer 500 tons of dock, barge, (and bargees ) from a high level to a low level canal (or vice versa) and abolishes the old locks. In goes the L, S of a barge moving into the lock. The lock mechanism is lowered. C, U of the cogs which operate the lock and of the counterweights. The dock is moved and we see the water level dropping. M, S of the lock gate opening and the Saucy Sal moving forwards out of the lock. FILM 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 (19101932), Empire News Bulletin (19261930), British Paramount (19311957), and Gaumont British (1934