245 Ft Up (1923)

Item title reads - 245 feet up. Crowds watch steeplejacks at work on top of spire of St. Andrew's Church. Worcester. Worcestershire.
L/S of a steeplejack climbing up the tower. M/S from underneath as someone runs up the ladder and another man swings on a rope holding a bit of equipment, he moves across to the other side. L/S as one man goes up and another goes down. M/S as he climbs up to the top and spins the cockerel round. A group of men stand in front of a sign saying
'A. M. Wilkinson Steeplejack. Sheffield.'
FILM ID:310.07
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