Slate Quarry Beware Other Colour Pics Share This Title (1962)
Port Dinorwic, Caernarvonshire, Wales. L, S of the world s largest slate quarry, tilt down to show a steam train at the bottom of the pit. M, S of a man drilling a hole into the rock face. C, U of the man, he wears a hard hat. C, U of the drill boring into the rock. Low angle shot of the man drilling. Panning shot down the rock face to where two men are at work. M, S of the man taking the drill out of the rock face, another man enters and fills the hole with dynamite. C, U of the dynamite going into the hole, it is then plugged with paper. C, U of the fuse about to be lit. C, U of the man. C, U of the fuse catching light. M, S of three men walking to a shelter made from slate. L, S of the quarry, an explosion dislodges a large lump of slate. L, S of two men dislodging boulders from the rock face, tilt down as the slate falls into the quarry. M, S of two men lifting a large lump of slate onto a cart. L, S of the quarry. M, S of a small train pulling carts stacked with slate. L, S of the quarry s own
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