The Rammer (1929)

No title. C/U of a new device for pounding roads. The man assembles the drill for the camera. He wears a flat cap and smokes a cigarette. C/U of the top of the device. “It is a rammer, and works on the same principle as your motor.“ L/S of the man operating the gas operated rammer. C/U of the hand control being operated as the rammer moves up and down. View of the man from behind as he operates the machine. C/U of the bottom of the rammer as it pounds the earth. L/S of the man moving along operating the pounder. Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 612. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin