News Briefs: New Highway

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1280
Date Released
14 Dec 1953
Date submitted
10 Dec 1953
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 7
Section Title
News Briefs
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News Briefs - New Highway. DESCRIPTION: La Guaira, chief port of Venezuela, is now joined to Caracas (the capital) by a fine new highway - an engineering masterpiece officially opened by Colonel Jimenez, the President. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. LS of highway. Ditto elevated view. Official party including President Colonel Marcos Perez Jimenez walk down road, through crowds. President waving etc. Cut-ins pressmen. SCU President cuts tape to officially open new highway. Various views of highway, trucking shot through tunnel etc.
Keywords
Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Mass media; Ceremonies; Road transport; Engineering
Locations
Venezuela; La Guarira
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
60197
Credits:
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Length of story (in feet)
50
Story extras:
Film clip

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'News Briefs: New Highway', British Movietone News Issue No. 1280, 14 Dec 1953. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/18942 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)