On with the Job

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1673
Date Released
26 Jun 1961
Date submitted
22 Jun 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: On With the Job. DESCRIPTION: They started the Hammersmith Flyover last October. So everyone was delighted when it was time for Mr Edmonds (of the London County Council) to celebrate. There was champagne for the lowering of the last cantilever unit into position. Now, only thirty-seven weeks after the main work began, the biggest part of the job was done. The Flyover, a vital unit in the programme of speeding the flow of traffic between London and the West, is expected to be open to traffic in the Autumn. That’s nothing, said half a dozen men putting up a building on London’s South Bank. We can do our job in ninety minutes. Largely pre-fab, of-course, but a good demonstration of a speedy new system! SHOTLIST: Key scene. TS Hammersmith Flyover. CU sign same. CU men. CU Mr Edmonds. CU finger presses button. GV champagne bottle smashes against wall. GV building site. CU two workers. MS girder. GV Mr Edmonds and others looking on. MS traffic passing Flyover. GV same. TS Flyover. Slip pan GV men constructing building. MS same. GV same. CU man same. MS same. CU same. MS interior same. GV men constructing building (speeded up). MCU same. GV same. MS same. GV same. CU men working. GV men working. CU man adding finishing touches.
Keywords
Transport; Engineering
Locations
London
Card file number
82726
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
John Davies
Length of story (in feet)
123
Story extras:
Film clip

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'On with the Job', British Movietone News Issue No. 1673, 26 Jun 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24160 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)