Speeding Up (1933)

Sweden. “More mechanical marvels to minimise hard work.“ Swedish State Railways are using a new method to speed up the laying of the cables needed for the electrification of the line. A trench is dug by one machine as the train moves along, another machine “somewhat reminiscent of a plough“ is coupled to the train and the heavy cable is laid in the trench. Various shots of this process. 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 (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website