Pylon Men (1956)
Basingstoke, Hampshire.
M/S three men lift large insulator coil into position at the foot of a pylon . Low angle shot of pylon; lovely blue sky behind. Scenic shot of countryside, man walks into frame and he climbs up pylon. Various shots of men climbing and working on the pylon. One man gets into a little cradle called a flying trolley, camera pans down to show the height. M/S man on the trolley as he rolls away down the wire, high over the golden fields.
M/S man working at the top of the pylon (Doug Giddes?). Man on the ground signals, waves 'OK'. Man looking up. M/S two men haul on rope, heave against weight. M/S man on trolley up high. Shot of fields and countryside in summer from the moving trolley. Final pan shot back to ground from pylon .
Nicely shot to show the splendour of steel and delivery of power across the country by the National Grid.
FILM ID:53.2
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Health and safety today would have a stroke seeing how those guys work. You really got to admire them for doing all that with no safety equipment.
@AluminumOxide
Ай бұрын
This was roughly 20 years before the HSE was formed
No harness, just climbing up, in a suit. Fantastic
Balls of steel!
No harnesses!!!! Today this would be considered unthinkable but it was just the norm back then.
Wellingtons, suit and forward! Gumaki, marynarka i do przodu!
These pylons are still there just north of Basingstoke
It's interesting how they're working in practically suits & ties.
@oddities-whatnot
2 жыл бұрын
When you see old film of anything construction related its always the same. Not sure where the idea of wearing a suit and formal shoes on a building site came from.
@ihateandreykrasnokutsky
Жыл бұрын
May be because this work was a high tech back then. Or they just wear it for the filming.
@BeyondthePoint
Жыл бұрын
@@oddities-whatnot That's just what people wore generally
@Db5gold5
10 ай бұрын
@@oddities-whatnot it was their old suits they wore when they got a new suit.
These brave men do not have a hard het amongst them.
The funny thing is that working at height regulations were not introduced until 2005,we free climbed up the leg wearing a harness and attached when we stopped. We started clipping to the leg when we climbed up in 1996.
'Now let's see, I need to get up this massive pylon. What will I need? Tweed jacket and trouser? Cigarettes? Check and check. There, that ought to be sufficient' 'But what about this big bag of fucks?' 'Fucks? No I won't be needing those today, thank you'.......(strolls up pylon)
@Db5gold5
10 ай бұрын
and wellies
I wanna ride the cable chair!
As a korean transmission line worker, I respect them. Hard job! But they even don't take the safety equipment at all.
The coloring job is very good, this was black and white originally
these men are In the oxford english dictionary, under HARD
Doug Giddiss has lost a huge amount of weight judging by his belt!
The good old time beafore safety was a thing 🥰
@mfx1
2 ай бұрын
So is men falling to their deaths leaving their wives without a husband and kids without a father as well as losing a bread winner also a good thing?
And Sean O'Malley climbed the tower, then down and up the insulator, IN WELLIE BOOTS!
I would shit myself!!
The stuff I need to wear now compared to this 😂
Just was getting good 👍
This is the pylon that the boy dies electrocuted in Powerful stuff
PLAY SAFE.
working class heros
All the money climbers spend on shoes and boots, but it seems a pair of wellies works just fine !!!
Pylon Men [1956]
Wearing his sunday best climbing up the pylon