Film Record: Cement

Still from Cement via EAFA.

Identifier:

• 3163 (Source: East Anglian Film Archive)

Date produced: 1934

Filmmaker(s):

H. A. Burnford

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Languages:

English

Duration:

00:14:07

Length:

360 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

Winner of ‘Home Movies’ Trophy in the 1935 IAC Competition
IAC Film Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

Description:

"Making cement for Blue Circle Cement company at the West Medina Cement Works on the Isle of Wight. Footage of the clay fields and chalk quarries, blasting operations, coal and gas retorts, mills, the silos, kiln, clinker being ground into cement, testing for calcium content and crush testing, packing and transport" (EAFA Database).

Resources:

IAC Film Library Catalogue (Silent and Sound). Institute of Amateur Cinematographers, 1975.
This film is part of the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection held by the East Anglian Film Archive, Norwich, UK.

Locations:

• Isle of Wight, UK (Filming)

Subjects:

• Industries

Genre:

• Documentary
• Industrial

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Collection, East Anglian Film Archive

Video Link:

• eafa.org.uk

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