The Road
Series
- Series Name
- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 6
- Summary
- NoS Summary - A new modern arterial road near Bristol is featured.
British Pathe synopsis: Subtitle of this story is: "A Bristol - Avonmouth study." Introductory intertitle reads: "One of the most striking (but almost unnoticed) revolutions in Britain since the war has been the growth of new wonder-roads - " "This great low-level road is one of the new traffic arteries which will make our country fit for modern wheels to turn in." L/S of a very wide road with a few cars and a lorry driving away from the camera. This is followed by a shot of a river with a small tugboat pulling along two barges. "Hewn through rocky cliffs and in face of many problems few roads combine the charm of river and winding gorge as this Bristol and Avonmouth one does - " High angle of picturesque village scene - river in the foreground country home in the background. M/S of ship moving along the river. High angle shot of a road which bridge spanning it. High angle - another view of the road. - Researcher Comments
- Possible alternative date - 2/11/1933
- Keywords
- Road transport
- Locations
- Bristol; England; Avonmouth
- Written sources
- British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP272
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How to cite this record
'The Road', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 646, 19 Oct 1933. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/333306 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)