Road in the Sky

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1852

Date Released

30 Nov 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Road in the Sky
2. 2A Plate for the Hungry
3. 3Exports - Concrete Evidence
4. 4The Lure of Speed
5. 5The Massacre of Stanleyville

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Road in the Sky. DESCRIPTION: Columns of reinforced concrete support the Chiswick flyover. The flyover is the first section of the huge viaduct at Brentford which has been connected to the M4 motorway. It rises nearly 30 feet from the ground and is the largest in Europe. SHOTLIST: MS traffic moving under flyover. LA traffic moving on flyover. GV flyover. TS same. TS pan BEA bus moving on the flyover. Cars on flyover. MS on the flyover.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Transport

Locations

Middlesex; Brentford

Card file number

89092

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

75

Story extras:

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