West Country - Toll Bridge Open

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1691

Date Released

30 Oct 1961

Date submitted

24 Oct 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1World Cup - England Through
2. 2Super Sparklers
3. 3West Country - Toll Bridge Open
4. 4Vintage ‘61
5. 5Surrey - Army Looks Ahead
6. 6Berlin - West Asserts Rights

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: West Country - Toll Bridge Open. DESCRIPTION: After two and a half year’s work, the road bridge across the river Tamar has been opened. It links Devon and Cornwall, and has cost about a million and a half to build. But not to worry, it’s a toll bridge! SHOTLIST: Key scene. Bridge (three shots). CU sign. CU same. MS cars coming through. CU driver. MS cars coming through. GV (BS from car) of bridge.

Keywords

Transport; Engineering

Locations

Devon

Footage sources

United Press International [UPI]

Card file number

83369

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

72

Story extras:

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