Road Ahead

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1973
Date Released
27 Mar 1967
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Giant Rebuild
  2. 2Zoo Babies
  3. 3Road Ahead
  4. 4Count Down
  5. 5Desert Floods

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Road Ahead. DESCRIPTION: Manchester’s new City Motorway opens to traffic. In London, a Silent Pile Driver cuts noise and annoyance during another big road improvement. At Hemel Hempstead, Barbara Castle sees how Seat Belts are tested to British Standards specification. They’ll be fitted in all new cars from next month. SHOTLIST: Key shot. GV area of Manchester around bypass. GV traffic along street. MS road sign to Liverpool and Warrington. LS bypass 20ft above street level. GV ditto. LS cars up approach to by-pass. Trucking shot from car travelling along by-pass. GV pan cars travelling along by-pass. Pan cars passing in front of pile driver at works on underpass in Putney. CU sign GLC Tibbets Corner Improvement. Pan down pile driver at work. CU ditto. MCU ditto. MS workmen listening to radio. CU ditto. LS ditto. MS pan Barbara Castle walks into British Standards Institute Building. CU sign Seat Belt Inertia Reel Testing. MCU Barbara Castle watching testing. CU seat belts being tested. CU ditto. MS Barbara Castle watching testing. CU ditto. CU seat belt under strain in static testing. CU sign Seat Belts Tesile Testing. MS man fixes seat belt onto testing machine. CU seat belt on machine. CU reading on gauge. CU seat belts brakes under strain. MS Barbara Castle looks at remaining seat belt on machine. CU remains of seat belt. MS Barbara Castle looks at seat belt strapped around dummy on test vehicle. CU ditto. LS man pushes test vehicle along tracks. CU Barbara Castle looking through window into test area. MS test vehicle comes at speed and hits buffers at end of track. MS Barbara Castle looks at test vehicle after crash. CU ditto.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Safety devices; Road transport; Pollution; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Manchester; Putney; England
Card file number
92186
Credits:
Camera
Keith Medley
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
209
Story extras:
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