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Mighty Blast Clears Quarry.

Mighty Blast Clears Quarry.
Clip: 353483_1_1
Year Shot: 1955 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1608
Original Film: 028-688-02
HD: N/A
Location: Italy
Timecode: 00:01:40 - 00:02:33

Audio is low on screener A great blast opens a quarry for use, shattering a compact mass of 100,000 tons of rock that has made the subterranean caverns a deadly labyrinth of death, defying all similar efforts since 1931. Establishing shot - Workmen walking in quarry carrying T&T. MCUS - Workman sticking explosive into the wall of the quarry. MS - Crowd of people watching the workmen. CUS - Man pushing down the plunger setting off an explosion. MS - The rock wall of the quarry crashing down. CUS - Faces of two demolition men. CUS - The mass of rock that had fallen.