Stourbridge More Risky Than It Looks (1921)

Item title reads - More risky than it looks! 150 foot chimney felled by blowing out base with dynamite. Stourbridge, West Midlands. A man makes a hole in the bottom of the chimney and puts dynamite in it. C/U as he lights the fuse and everybody runs out of the way. L/S as the chimney collapses from the bottom and falls over. 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.