Ditch Digging Extraordinary (1965)

Title reads: “DITCH DIGGING EXTRAORDINARY“. Brabant, Holland (Netherlands). L/S ditch being dug using old method using drag lines. Panning C/U shovel dragging through ditch. Panning shot as shovel is emptied. C/U pile of dirt being formed by new digger. Zoom back to L/S of the new digger at work, only one man is needed to operate it and it is a lot quicker than the old method. C/U digger blades digging at soil. M/S small buckets carrying dirt to conveyor which throws it out of ditch. L/S new invention at work. M/S digger, pan down to show the ditch. L/S new ditch. The ditches mark newly established local boundaries in Dutch province. 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