New Forth Bridge Under Construction (1963)

Firth of Forth, Scotland. Documentation and programme on file from The Scottish National Institution for War-Blinded. VS. From car travelling along Forth Bridge road, rain on the windscreen makes viewing difficult. VS. Showing the near completed new Forth Road Bridge, only a centre section remains to be fitted. Construction engineers are seen walking about but not working for it is windy and rain is lashing down. LV. The Forth Bridge. VS. In the Scottish National Institute for War-Blinded, a blind man sits at a machine, he is engaged in making plastic plugs which are used in the construction of the new bridge. This place is in Wilkieston. (Orig. Neg.) 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,