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They Planted a Stone (1953)

They Planted a Stone poster
Directed by
Robin Carruthers
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
25 min
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short film shows how workers use heavy machinery to build a large dam. It explains the construction process step by step.

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What happens

They Planted a Stone is a 1953 British short black and white documentary film directed and written by Robin Carruthers and produced by James Carr for the Ministry of Information/Central Office of Information. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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