Longest Road Bridge in Britain

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1942

Date Released

22 Aug 1966

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Longest Road Bridge in Britain. DESCRIPTION: The Queen Mother opens the Tay Bridge, one of the most long-awaited projects in Scotland. Motorist celebrate with King-size traffic jams on new road link between Dundee and Fife. SHOTLIST: Key Scene. MLS royal car arrives. MS children waving Union Jack. MS Queen Mother welcomed by the Provost of Dundee. GV of Tay Bridge. MS Queen Mother talking to Mr WA Fairhurst. GV crowd scene. GV rostrum. MS Queen Mother pulls lever to unveil plaque. LS curtain falls from plaque. CU plaque. Pan car drives through tape. GV crowd. Tracking shot as car drives along bridge. GV looking across River Tay. MCU Abercraig name on ferry. LS of ferry. GV looking from ferry to new bridge. CU of Mr Beveridge the ‘Skipper’. GV ferry crossing river. GV traffic crossing bridge. MS ditto. GV ditto. MS man taking toll off of motorists. MLS ditto. MS of board reading the different tolls. CU of toll collector. MS ditto. LS of first person to break down on bridge. GV bridge. MS signpost for Tay Bridge and Aberdeen & Perth. GV of bridge.

Keywords

Royalty; Ceremonies; Engineering

Locations

Scotland; Dundee

Footage sources

Templar Films

Card file number

91478

Credits:

Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

176

Story extras:

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