Great Western Railway sleepers, 1940's -- Film 15261

GWR Great Western Railway Wooden sleepers for railway lines. Arrival of wood by canal. Treatment in the factory, cutting the wood to shape, chipping and sawdusting the waste, treatment with creosote in sealed chamber, movement by steam crane to factory, trimming, arrival of the chairs, bolting the chairs to the sleepers, by women workers, despatch to all GWR system