| OPENING OF NEW BY-PASS First stage in trunk-road scheme to link London with the London-Yorkshire motorway opens. | ||
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| Catalog #: | 46752 | |
| Clip Number: | 46752-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 3153 F | |
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| Location: | Colney, Hertfordshire | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONSTRUCTION: Bridges | |
| Description: | OPENING OF NEW BY PASS First stage in trunk-road scheme to link London with the London-Yorkshire motorway opens. Whitehorse Lane Bridge, Colney, Hertfordshire. Car with Rt. Hon. R. A. Butler arrives. VS of crowd and journalists. Butler cuts ribbon to open road. LS.MS.As car with Rt. Hon. R.A. Butler, Conservative MP, opens road. Rear shot as cars with VIP's pass under Whitehorse Lane bridge. CU road sign for St. Albans, Watford, etc. Various shots of traffic on new by-pass. MS.CU. Children on bridge waving to traffic passing underneath. CU people in coach or bus. LS bridge. | |
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