Silent Video – Blake Footage – They Endured
Filmed by John Blake, 1953-1956 |
Builders in the final days of the build, still going strong after two years on the job. John Blake’s footage is a testament to the enduring commitment and “sweat equity” they put in.
Transcription:
This is a silent video.
A group of four men building laying the floor over the foundation of a house. they have saws and hammers. two men are kneeling and two are standing. They are all working
Different cut of the same scene. Still four men two are working, one is talking to someone off Camera and one is smoking
Men walk in and out of the shot all are working on laying down pieces of wood.
Shot of the front of a white house with a black roof and grass out front
Men working on the house – consecutive shots of men working on windows, painting trim and painting siding.
Three men carrying scaffolding two in the front one in the back, across the front of the camera. Shot follows them as they walk away
Shot of a row of houses on an unfinished street.