Preston By-Pass

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1411
Date Released
18 Jun 1956
Date submitted
13 Jun 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Field Marshal Sir John Harding
  2. 2VC Exhibition
  3. 3Unwanted Castle
  4. 4Motor Cycle Mud Larks
  5. 5Britain’s First Gold Medal
  6. *Preston By-Pass

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New Road at Preston Started (The Preston By-Pass). SHOTLIST: Various shots of the models of the motorway. Shots of Mr Hugh Molson inaugurating the motorway. Shot of the traffic light turning from stop to go. Various shots of the new motorway under construction. Shots of the crane, bulldozer shovelling up gravel.
Researcher Comments
Commentary: Models of the Preston By-Pass scheme, give an impression of the new road as it will be. Over 8 miles long, it will be the first motorway to be built in Britain. It will have no footpaths and pedestrians, cyclists and horse drawn traffic will not be allowed. It’s planned as part of the North South Motorway to be built from Birmingham to Shap. The inauguration was carried out by Mr Hugh Molson.
Local distribution only
Special - 2 copies.
Keywords
Politics and government; Ceremonies; Engineering
Locations
Preston
Card file number
67295
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
James Humphries
Length of story (in feet)
86
Story extras:
Film clip

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