ATV Today: 13.04.1966: Stewarts and Lloyds Minerals

Summary

Gwyn Richards visits Stewarts and Lloyds Minerals Ltd at Corby where he views a very large excavator in action.

Year:

1966

Duration:

0:03:23

Film type:

Black & White / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

We see a very large mechanical excavator being used to extract iron ore from an open cast mine in Northamptonshire. The machine is a Ransome and Rapier dragline excavator operated by Stewarts and Lloyds Minerals Ltd.

Reporter Gwyn Richards is seen walking towards the machine (emphasising its size).

Inside the cab Richards interviews the operator Neville (no surname) about his job.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

Stewarts and Lloyds became part of British Steel in July 1968.