Lali Bridge

Series

Series Name

Oil Review

Issue

Issue No.

9

Date Released

1951

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Lali Bridge

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

NFA Summary - constructing a bridge over the Karun River in Western Iran.
BP synopsis: Running through South Western Persia is the river Karoun. It has always been a problem because it swells up in winter. Traditionally the locals used rafts made of sticks, but in 1945, a cable car bridge was developed. It was slow and needed a lot of repair, but as the oil fields were on the plains it became essential to have a permanent road bridge. It was rested on four stone piers with two cable cars to move material and people. Shots of people working on the bridge, hanging from a cable car and walking across the girders with no safety ropes and a swelling river beneath them. After this there is an extended montage of images of people working. Then a lorry drives over the bridge, which is open to everyone at last.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Transport; Motor vehicles

Written sources

National Film Archive Catalogue   Used for summary
Film User   Vol.5 No.57 July 1951, p360.
BP Video Library   Tape Details. Used for Synopsis

Credits:

Sponsor

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

Production Co.

Greenpark Productions Ltd.

Producer

Humphrey Swingler

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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