Tamar Bridge

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

387

Date Released

28 May 1962

Date recorded

4 May 1962

Length of issue (in feet)

688

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fisherman Artist
2. 2Land’s End Airport
3. 3Tamar Bridge

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 3

Summary

Pathe Synoposis - Increasingly more of Britain is becoming streamlined to keep pace with the enormous growth of road-packing traffic. Latest on the list of time-and-temper-saving boons to the motorist is the Tamar Bridge, stretching over the River Tamar near Plymouth. From there, its 30-ft carriageway of reinforced concrete six inches thick reaches over to Cornwall as an extension of the A38 - thus saving a wait of up to two hours for the ferry. Actually putting the enjoyment back into motoring is a long and expensive business, but slowly developments like this are being achieved.

Keywords

Buildings and structures

Locations

Cornwall; Devon; England

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

283

Story extras:

Film clip

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