Tram Tunnel into Underpass

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1807A

Date Released

23 Jan 1964

Date submitted

7 Jan 1964

Date submitted

21 Jan 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Rugby - England Draw with Wales
2. 2Tram Tunnel into Underpass
3. 3Metal That Thinks and Moves
4. 4The Village Where Wives Become Men
5. 5Youngsters Worth Watching
6. *Rugby - Scots Hold All Blacks

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tram Tunnel Into Underpass. DESCRIPTION: London’s motorists can hoot their horns as Lord Morrison cuts the tape to the new one-way underpass between Waterloo Bridge and Kingsway. Because it was he who suggested the conversion of the old Kingsway Tramtunnel, to suit the modern traffic of today. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan entrance to new underpass. MCU Lord Morrison cuts tape. CU direction sign. GV interior new underpass tunnel. CU sign on door Control Room. GV interior control room. CU traffic density meters. CU same (2 shots). CU temperature gauge. CU SOS telephone. CU Lord Morrison speaking in same. CU density gauge. MCU another. BS traffic along road. LS car travelling through tunnel. GV cars out of underpass.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Engineering

Locations

London

Card file number

87805

Credits:

Camera

John Abbott

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

93

Story extras:

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