City of the Future

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1591

Date Released

30 Nov 1959

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Story No. within this Issue

3 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: City of the Future. DESCRIPTION: This is the model of a new town, as it might by. Planned for some thirty thousand people, they call it Motopia, a sort of Utopia for motorists. They’d use roads running on the tops of buildings. Pedestrians would walk to well-planned shopping centres, or go by waterbus. There’s a river running through Motopia, which (say the architects) might by built at Staines, near London. SHOTLIST: TS model of ‘Motopia’. TS same. CU junction. TS model. CU instructor showing model. TS model (2). TS same (2). TS skyscraper. GV main section. CU main section with waterway. Pan model. GV model.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Transport; Road transport

Locations

London; England

Card file number

78715

Credits:

Commentator: Jeffrey K. Shearley
Camera: John Davies

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