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Towards Tomorrow

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1958A
Date Released
15 Dec 1966
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Magnificent Men and a Girl
  2. 2Latest Lifesaver
  3. 3Towards Tomorrow
  4. 4Wizardry on Wheels
  5. 5Seeing is Hearing

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Towards Tomorrow. DESCRIPTION: A new bypass, at Honiton, removes congestion at one of Britain’s worst bottlenecks. Tomorrow’s holiday journeys to the West should be a lot easier. At Aberfan, work goes ahead to remove the hazard from the disaster tip. The Enquiry seeks to remove similar dangers from all the Mining Communities of the country. SHOTLIST: GV Honiton, High Street, GV ditto. MS shop in Honiton. GV congested traffic near Honiton. GV Honiton Bypass before opening. MS pan up ditto. MS Barbara Castle cuts ribbon to open bypass. GV shot through car window as it moves down the bypass. GV Merthyr Tydfil street. GV ditto. MCU sign ‘Tribunal’ GV pan the tip at Aberfan. GV pan ditto. LAS crane at work lowering the height of tip. GV ditto. CU tractor at work on tip. GV pan tractors at work on tip pan to crane.
Keywords
Transport; Mining
Locations
Devon; Honiton
Card file number
91884
Credits:
Camera
John Wanstall
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
134
Story extras:

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