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'WYLLIE - STRAW LOCO' added to 'My films'.

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WYLLIE - STRAW LOCO [6766]

Unedited footage of the installation of artist George Wyllie's "Straw Locomotive", a work which signified the decline of heavy industry on the banks of the Clyde. Includes shots of the loco's procession through the centre of Glasgow to the crane at Finnieston, where it is secured and hoisted above the Clyde.

Full length video available

1987

silent

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