The Caronte Viaduct
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Caronte Viaduct. DESCRIPTION: A new bridge over the Caronte canal in the French city of Margiques, built in record time. SHOTLIST: GV river through town and bridges. MS new bridge opening. BV of car waiting at traffic lights as bridge opens. GV street and queue of cars waiting to cross bridge. MLS boat going along river pan to open bridge. MLS bridge. MS man working under bridge. CU clamp under bridge. MS pan men working under bridge. MS engineer telephoning. CU control panel. GV bridge being raised (fast).
- Keywords
- Engineering
- Locations
- France; Margiques
- Footage sources
- France
- Card file number
- 97755
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 84
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How to cite this record
'The Caronte Viaduct', British Movietone News Issue No. 2221, 27 Dec 1971. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29185 (Accessed 30 Jun 2025)