Highway in the Sky

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

68/79

Date Released

29 Sep 1968

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Telescopic Tugs
2. 2London Bridge
3. 3Highway in the Sky
4. 4Automatic Car Parking
5. 5The Citycar
6. 6Arrival of Ghanaian Soldiers
7. 7Solar Eclipse
8. 8World Hairdressing Championships

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 8

Summary

Halfway mark in the building of the mighty Western Avenue Extension - the 2 1/2 mile highway in the sky which will be Europe’s largest and most technically advanced elevated road.

Keywords

Engineering

Locations

London

Credits:

Camera

S. M. F. Plummer

Length of story (in feet)

50

Story extras:

Film clip

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Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

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Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

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Notes

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