OPENING BRIDGE
Full length video
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Title: OPENING BRIDGE
Reference number: 2173
Date: 1936c
Sponsor: [ Glasgow Education Committee]
Production company: [ Elder-Dalrymple Productions]
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 5.02 mins
Description:
The Kincardine bridge is shown opening to let boats pass through, and closing again for the traffic to proceed across it.
One of the Carrick series, produced for and approved by Glasgow Education Committee.
Shotlist: Credits (0.08) l/s across to Kincardine Bridge. (0.25) Traffic crossing bridge; (0.32) c/u traffic lights signalling sequence, changing to "STOP" (0.43) Traffic, including cyclists and pedestrians stop at lights on bridge. (1.03) Bridge mid-section swings open; pan over centre section and spectating crowd on bridge; ls bridge in open position from bank; (2.32) ms man using boat's telegraph; boats pass through and bridge closes again. (3.57) barriers lift (4.27) c/u traffic lights cycle to green (4.33) traffic proceeds across the bridge (4.58) ecs (5.05)