Spaghetti Junction on Motorway

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2243

Date Released

29 May 1972

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Concorde Signing
2. 2Spaghetti Junction on Motorway
3. 3Birmingham’s Lord Mayor
4. 4Colour: Chelsea & Dutch Flower Show
5. 5Colour: Princess Anne in Jersey

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Spaghetti Junction on Motorway. DESCRIPTION: Costing £8 million, Europe’s most complex intersection. Called unofficially ‘Spaghetti Junction’ situated just outside Birmingham, it’s the ‘heart’ of the British Motorway system. SHOTLIST: GAV Spaghetti Junction. Nearer air shot ditto. GV flyover motorway. LV another angle flyover. SV Peter Walker with officials. LV flyover junction. SCU Walker with scissors in hand. GV crowds and press assembled at motorway. SCU Walker cuts tape to open motorway. GV motorway junction. Series of 11 quick shots signposts and motorway. GV motorway junction. GAV Spaghetti Junction nearer AV ditto.

Keywords

Transport

Locations

Birmingham

Card file number

98162

Credits:

Camera

David Allan

Commentator

Leonard Martin

Length of story (in feet)

92

Story extras:

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