Reports: New York’s Triborough Bridge opened

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

372A

Date Released

23 Jul 1936

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Reports: New York’s Triborough Bridge opened
2. 2Reports: America’s Heat wave
3. 3Reports: Swan-Upping on Thames
4. 4Reports: Wigan Landmark falls
5. 5Reports: Vimy Pilgrims in Paris
6. 6Reports: Sir Robert Borden interviewed
7. 7Court
8. 8Goodwill
9. 9Spain: Survey by Eric Dunstan
10. 10Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Tennis - Davis Cup Inter-zone final
11. 11Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Cricket - English Cricketers for Australia
12. 12Sports: Reported by Alan Howland: Motor Racing - Leinster Trophy Race and Deauville Grand Prix

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 12

Section Title

Reports

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: New York’s Triborough Bridge Opened. SHOTLIST: Aerial shots of the bridges and new roads. Ground level shot of motor cyclists arriving on the bridge. Car arriving with President Roosevelt and the Mayor for the opening ceremony. Aerial of cars of the bridges.

Keywords

Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Motorcycling; Ceremonies; Road transport; Engineering

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

4666

Credits:

Commentator

Ivan Scott

Length of story (in feet)

43

Story extras:

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