Gateway to Wales

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1808A
Date Released
30 Jan 1964
Date submitted
24 Jan 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gateway to Wales. DESCRIPTION: Perhaps you’ve used the car ferry that crosses the River Severn between Aust near Bristol and Beachley near Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales. In the Summer its one of the busiest links between the West Country and Wales. But in a few years time, the ferry will have become uneconomic and obsolete. The reason is the slender spiders web of steel nets just been spun across the Severn. Twin catwalks outline the shape of the New Severn Bridge, which will take about three years to complete. SHOTLIST: Key scene. CU cars drive onto ferry. CU name Severn Queen. MCU captain on bridge. LS new bridge under construction. LAS bridge as seen from ferry. ES catwalk. ES pan up bridge span. GV men at work. LAS welder. CU cables on rollers. GV men on bridge. LS ferry out at sea. GV bridge of ferry. MS van drives off ferry. CU artist impression of new bridge.
Keywords
Transport; Industry and manufacture; Engineering
Locations
Aust; Beachley
Card file number
87835
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
98
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Gateway to Wales', British Movietone News Issue No. 1808A, 30 Jan 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25410 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)