Pipe Laying (1957)

Southampton, Hampshire. M, S from a low angle of tree tops, one of them begins to fall. M, S of the tree falling in a field. M, S of Ray Bryan backing a tractor across the field, two other men are stood by it. M, S of one of the men walking past the fallen tree to the roots, he signals to someone off screen. M, S of the ten ton trenching machine with a large wheel digging up the field. The operator, Matt O Brien, is sat on the side manoeuvring it. C, U of Matt s face as he steers it. C, U of the digging wheel as it goes round. M, S of the earth pouring out of the other side of the machine onto the field. C, U of the earth coming out of the machine. C, U from inside the trench of the machine going along. M, S as a section of pipe is lifted off the ground by a crane and manoeuvred into the trench. M, S of the site manager, John Webb, sat at a desk looking at plans. Stood next to him is the plant foreman Gordon Vickers. There is another man stood next to a sign saying Road Works Ahead. M, S as the pipe