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Traces the history of the Floating Bridge which, until the middle of 1977, crossed the River Itchen between Southampton and Woolston. It has now been replaced by a fixed bridge. Describes how the bridge...
The bridge, opened at the end of October 1973 to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic, is the longest single span suspension bridge in Europe. The film covers the project from...
Robert Stephenson’s Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1970. Shows the reconstruction of the bridge, with steel arches supporting and eventually replacing...
Shows the manufacture of factory-produced pre-stressed concrete beams. Demonstrates with the aid of diagrams, how each type of unit is used to form a bridge deck. These operations are then shown in the...
London’s Hammersmith Flyover was constructed to carry westbound traffic over the approach roads to Hammersmith Broadway. The superstructure of the flyover is of prestressed concrete construction supported...
Shows the first blast, the building of the world highest steel bridge, and the construction of Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River.
The bridge was destroyed when its central span, the third longest in the world at the time, went into oscillation in a high wind. Dramatic shots of the disaster itself are preceded by brief scenes of the...
The Tacoma Narrows is near Seattle, Washington, and is exposed to westerly winds from the Pacific Ocean. The construction of a suspension bridge across the narrows began in Novermber 1938 and in July 1940...
The Tacoma Narrows is near Seattle, Washington, and is exposed to westerly winds from the Pacific Ocean. The construction of a suspension bridge across the narrows began in November 1938 and in July 1940 the...
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