London’s River Has New Set of Spans

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

161A

Date Released

7 Jul 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Hitler Defies Ban on Uniformed Parades
2. 2London’s River Has New Set of Spans
3. 3Suzanne Returns as Tennis Umpire
4. 4Great Activity in the British Fleet
5. 5Cambridge Clout Oxford at Lord’s
6. 6Miss England Tries Scottish Waters

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: London’s River Has New Set of Spans. DESCRIPTION: Movietone flies over city to film bridge-building work in progress on Father Thames. SHOTLIST: AV new Lambeth Bridge. AVs (x2) Lambeth Bridge with old footbridge alongside. GV Houses of Parliament. AV Putney Bridge with work going on to widen it. GV Putney Bridge. AV New Bridge under construction at Mortlake and Mortlake Brewery. GV Construction work on Bridge. AVs (x2) Hampton Court Palace with new road bridge. AV Molesey Lock and Weir.

Keywords

Buildings and structures; Engineering

Locations

London; River Thames; Lambeth Bridge

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

1898

Length of story (in feet)

115

Story extras:

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