The construction of the Forth Road Bridge from initial Survey to the official opening. In 1966 the film was nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Documentary Feature (it didn’t win). In 1965 the film won First Prize at the Sixth International Industrial Film Festival in Rouen, France. Items relating to Gordon Lang’s work […]
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Men Of The Forth Bridge
Working on a job that never ends – keeping the in order the the great spans of the mighty Forth Bridge. Footage of workmen painting the Forth Bridge in Scotland. British Pathé, 1930 (2.5 mins)
Forth Bridge: Biggest Spring Clean Ever
The Biggest Spring Clean Ever. Unique pictures – the first ever taken – of painting the Forth Bridge. British Pathé (1922)