Spans Across The Seas (1934)

Titles read: ’Spans across the seas (and the rivers)’. Various locations of events. Several shots of men crossing rivers by traditional methods. The first man walks over stones of a ford across the river. Four men walk along a rope strung between two trees on either side of the river bank, and hang onto a parallel rope higher up. On the west coast of Scotland we see the Clachan Bridge that connects the Island of Seil with the mainland, over the Atlantic Ocean. A man and his sheep walk over it. Shots of the steel Connel Ferry Bridge at the mouth of Loch Etive - commentator notes that it looks a bit like the great Forth Bridge. We see a car coming over the bridge. Various shots of the Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, over the River Avon. Views from the bridge of the river and roads below. FILM ID:3421.2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR