Working Holidays (1959)

Dolgelley and Peniarth, Snowdonia National Park, North Wales. The Civic Trust organises volunteer working holidays. M/S of a team, including Sandra Messenger, as they work to clear a footpath and beauty spot, called Torrent Walk, which has been blocked by fallen trees. At Peniarth, a team demolish some derelict buildings which were part of an old army camp. They seem to have fun working as a team. C/U of a wheelbarrow full of axes and sledge hammers. C/U brickwork smashed up and heaps of rubble. Brief closing shot of a low bridge and Welsh mountains. Note: the demolition sequence shows people handling broken asbestos sheets - no warnings about the danger of asbestos dust at that time . 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,