Central News East: 04.06.1990: Toyota Factory Construction

Summary

Niall Brown reports that work has begun to construct the Toyota car factory at Burnaston in Derbyshire.

Year:

1990

Duration:

0:01:14

Film type:

Colour / Sound

Company:

Central Television

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

Shots of the opening event with a speech from the Toyota chairman Eiji Toyoda. Other dignitaries present included the Japanese ambassador, the industry secretary Nicholas Ridley, local MPs Margaret Beckett and Edwina Currie and David Bookbinder of Derbyshire County Council. The turf cutting ceremony conducted by a group of men is also seen and a time capsule was buried. Also a shot of a barrel of Saki being broken. The first cars are expected to be produced in 1992. Shot of construction work beginning. Interview with Bryan Jackson of Toyota who said that the company wanted to be a good neighbour. He also talked about the amount of specialised training needed.


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