Volunteer Highway

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1591A
Date Released
3 Dec 1959
Date submitted
30 Nov 1959
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tito Opens Highway. DESCRIPTION: News from Yugoslavia shows Marshal Tito addressing a crowd of some 70,000 people. On this occasion, they listened to his appraisal of the political situation, and the achievements of their own country. Recent achievements include road construction, some of which is done by the voluntary work of students and youth organisations. The Marshal opened the latest section, called the Brotherhood and United Highway. SHOTLIST: President of Yugoslavia Marshal Tito opened another highway link in his country’s network on Sunday, November 22nd. The 110 kilometres between Paracin and Nis, in mid-Serbia, were built through the voluntary work of Yugoslav students and youth organisations and have been named as part of the Brotherhood and Unity highway.
Keywords
Organisations; Politics and government; Ceremonies; Road transport; Youth
Locations
Yugoslavia
Footage sources
France
Card file number
78741
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
68
Story extras:
Film clip

• The first time you use this link in a session, you will need to log on at the British Movietone website and then click this icon again to see the film. For the remainder of the session, this link will take you directly to the film.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
AP Archive
Email
info@aparchive.com
Web
http://www.movietone.com
Phone
+44 (0)20 7482 7482
Series held
View all series held by AP Archive

How to cite this record

'Volunteer Highway', British Movietone News Issue No. 1591A, 3 Dec 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23352 (Accessed 18 Jul 2025)