Gill: Cromford Road Widening

Summary

Views of traffic at Cromford in Derbyshire and subsequent efforts to widen the main A6 road in the town. Filmed by Harry Gill.

Year:

1963

Duration:

0:18:45

Film type:

Colour / Silent

Genre:

Home Movie

Master format:

8mm

Description

We see views of busy traffic on the A6 at Cromford including a policeman on point duty directing vehicles (some shots are speeded up by the film-maker). We then see work underway to widen the A6 including explosives being used to blast away a rock face and rubble being dug out by workmen. Towards the end we see shots of the completed widened road prior to reopening.


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