Opening Of New By-Pass (1958)

Whitehorse Lane Bridge, Colney, Hertfordshire. Car with Rt. Hon. R. A. Butler arrives. VS of crowd and journalists. Butler cuts ribbon to open road. car with Rt. Hon. R.A. Butler, Conservative MP, opens road. Rear shot as cars with VIP’s pass under Whitehorse Lane bridge. CU road sign for St. Albans, Watford, etc. Various shots of traffic on new by-pass. . Children on bridge waving to traffic passing underneath. CU people in coach or bus. LS bridge. 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 136,000 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 conten