Learning on ScreenNew Bridge Construction
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: World’s Longest Single Span Bridge. DESCRIPTION: World has commenced on what will be the World’s Longest single span suspension bridge linking Lincolnshire and Yorkshire’s East Riding, by 1978. SHOTLIST: MS shore of the River Humber. Pan to Hessle Tower. MS sign "Humber Bridge Project". MS model of bridge on table. MCU of Hessle Tower on model. MS man using a theodolite by the Hessle Tower. MLS cranes working on the other side of the river. Pull back to see base of the Hessle Tower. MS sun shining through the bottom of the Hessle Tower, tilt up. MLS looking up the length of the tower. MS man working on part of the bridge. MCU ditto. Pull back. MS looking along at ground level at man working. Pull back. MS two tractors coming towards camera scraping the earth. MLS earth moving vehicles working. MS two earth levellers coming towards camera, one goes off to the left, pan with him. MS two more earth levellers coming towards the camera. MCU front of earth leveller. Tilt up to see driver. MS earth leveller going past and away from camera. MLS looking up length of Hessle Tower. LS Hessle Tower with sun behind it.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Industry and manufacture; Engineering
- Locations
- Yorkshire; Lincolnshire; Humberside
- Card file number
- 76/67
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leonard Martin
- Camera
- Paul Kavanagh
- Length of story (in feet)
- 147
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