UNITED KINGDOM: New explosive used for first time in Scottish quarry (1936)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit 15,000 TONS AT ONE BLAST! New explosive used for first time in Scottish quarry. Granite? Full Description: SCOTLAND: Dumfries EXT Gen. view pan of quarry. Gen. view looking down quarry. Gen. view explosive in wheelbarrow. Gen. view entrance to rockface. Semi view men wheeling explosive into rockface entrance. Semi view (2) explosive being carried to position. Semi top given view men preparing detonator. Semi view switch turned. Gen. top view face of cliff blown away. Semi view men watching. Long view explosion (repeat) Background: 15,000 TONS AT ONE BLAST! New explosive used for first time in Scottish quarry. Granite hillside shattered. Scotland; Inventions; explosions; Great Britain FILM ID: VLVABVQSO2IYE7SI5EQ1AMWRGY5W9 To license this film, visit Archive: Reuters Archive managed by: British Pat