Prefabs (1948)

Baldock, Hertfordshire. L/S of lorry delivering prefabricated house (aka Prefab). M/S of man putting rollers into position. L/S of house being lifted from lorry. Various shots of men shifting house into position. C/U of two sections closing. C/U of man adjusting gutter. C/U of man placing felt between sections. L/S of men adjusting another section. C/U of man covering felt. C/U of man burnishing pipes. C/U of man fixing chimney to roof. M/S of finished house, a workman sweeping doorstep. According to narrator it only took 35 minutes to construct. Note: see paperwork for newspaper and magazine articles about stories in NP 189. 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 ne