Blowing Up A Mountain (1932)

Full title reads: Italy. Blowing up a Mountain. Explosion of 20 tons of dynamite releases 40, 000 tons of Carrara, Italy. Shots of mountains with snow on the sides. Excavation on side of mountain men are climbing on ladders their tiny size shows the scale of the workings. They have been placing charges of dynamite. A man at the bottom is waving a flag. One man is climbing down the face of the rock on a rope. This is all taking place in a marble quarry. The explosion of the dynamite causes a large part of the mountainside to fall down. Clouds of dust and snow rise up. 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 New