Tram Tunnel into Underpass
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Tram Tunnel Into Underpass. DESCRIPTION: London’s motorists can hoot their horns as Lord Morrison cuts the tape to the new one-way underpass between Waterloo Bridge and Kingsway. Because it was he who suggested the conversion of the old Kingsway Tramtunnel, to suit the modern traffic of today. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV pan entrance to new underpass. MCU Lord Morrison cuts tape. CU direction sign. GV interior new underpass tunnel. CU sign on door Control Room. GV interior control room. CU traffic density meters. CU same (2 shots). CU temperature gauge. CU SOS telephone. CU Lord Morrison speaking in same. CU density gauge. MCU another. BS traffic along road. LS car travelling through tunnel. GV cars out of underpass.
- Keywords
- Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Ceremonies; Engineering
- Locations
- London
- Card file number
- 87805
- Credits:
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- Camera
- John Abbott
- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 93
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How to cite this record
'Tram Tunnel into Underpass', British Movietone News Issue No. 1807A, 23 Jan 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25399 (Accessed 18 Jul 2025)