Motorway Report

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1579A

Date Released

10 Sep 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Laos - Trouble Spot
2. 2Motorway Report
3. 3Motor Racing
4. 4The Farnborough Show
5. *The President in Scotland

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Motorway Report. DESCRIPTION: Good progress is reported on the Birmingham motorway, that will eventually link London, Birmingham and York. Plastic Sheeting, twenty six feet wide and a thousand yards long is being put down. The idea is to prevent damage to the surface through drying out. Concrete laying and levelling goes steadily forward. SHOTLIST: Aerial view of motorway (key). Same. Same. CU plastic sheeting being laid. LS same. MS road laying machine. MS same. CU same (2). LS machine moving. LS motorway. LS bridge. LS another bridge. LS bridges. Aerial view of flyover.

Local distribution only

Not shown in Scotland.

Keywords

Road transport; Engineering

Locations

England

Card file number

78072

Credits:

Camera

Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Commentator

Jeffrey K. Shearley

Length of story (in feet)

77

Story extras:

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