SCENES FROM THE OPENING OF THE FORTH ROAD BRIDGE

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Subjects:

  • Ceremonies
  • Military
  • Royalty
  • Transport

Genres:

  • Amateur
  • Documentary

Decade:

  • 1960s

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Title: SCENES FROM THE OPENING OF THE FORTH ROAD BRIDGE

Reference number: 3984

Date: 1964

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 3.18 mins

Description: Scenes from the opening of the Forth Road Bridge attended by Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.

See also QUEEN OPENS THE FORTH ROAD BRIDGE, the, Ref. 1919 and (QUEEN OPENING FORTH ROAD BRIDGE), Ref. T0722.

Shotlist: brief shot miltary marching band and gathered crowd on the road leading up to the Forth Road Bridge (0.08) shots of crowd gathered on Forth Road bridge, shot of Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip arriving in limousine (1.21) shot of military band, sailors standing to attention, gvs people walking over the bridge (2.55) l/s que of buses on country road (3.18)