Giant Bridge Feat (1925)

Item title reads - Giant bridge feat. Central span of Waterloo bridge, 280 feet long, weighing 600 tons, “slid“ into position in nine hours at the rate of 2 inches per minute. London. L/S as the camera pans across the bridge under construction and we see the supports underneath the arches. The camera pans upwards to the bridge. L/S of the bridge again, the camera pans across it. M/S of a Union Jack flying from the top. L/S of people stood watching from South Bank. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1