Motorway Open Soon (1959)

Title reads: “Motorway open soon“. London to Birmingham motorway (St. Albans Bypass, M1). G/V cars and lorries moving at speed along the new motorway. G/V new flyover bridges on the motorway. G/V along the motorway. G/V highest bridge on the motorway, pan to sixteen foot thick retaining wall. G/V six viaduct bridges built to span the flood area of River Ouse. C/U Harold Watkinson, Minister of Transport, talking to workers. C/U one of the workers. C/U Watkinson talking to workers. G/V road levelling machine in action. C/U Watkinson watching the machine. M/S polythene protective being laid on the road. C/U polythene rolling off the machine. G/V concrete laying machine. C/U cement being tipped into hopper. C/U machine moving towards camera, hopper starting to move across the road. C/U hopper as concrete runs out onto road. L/S asphalt being laid. Various shots asphalt laying machine. C/U Watkinson taking a photograph. C/U steam roller moving away from camera. G/V people grouped ar