| CONCRETE ... BUT BUT BEAUTIFUL! The new bridge over the River Spey is opened by | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5461 |
| Catalog #: | 96626 | |
| Clip Number: | 96626-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 31/101 | |
| Timecode: | 01.14.20 - 01.16.02 | |
| Location: | Grantown, Scotland. | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Grand Opening ENGINEERING: Bridges, Misc FASHION: Ethnic / Cultural LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, Scotland | |
| Description: | GAZETTE “Grantown. Concrete - but beautiful! The Mackintosh of Mackintosh opens new bridge over the Spey, the largest concrete span (240 ft.) and colored to harmonize with the countryside.” Grantown, Scotland. View of the concrete bridge over the River Spey. Views of the beautiful old bridge built in 1754. More shots of the new bridge. The Macintosh of Macintosh, dressed in full Scottish Highland regalia comes to cut the tartan ribbon across the bridge. A procession is lead across the bridge by men playing bagpipes. They stop half way across to unveil as memorial tablet. CU Inscription. Another ribbon is cut at the other end of the bridge and the procession moves off. | |
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