Journey to Spaghetti Junction

Summary

A record of a road trip to Gravelly Hill Interchange aka Spaghetti Junction in Birmingham from Leicester. Filmed by an instructor for the Automobile Association.

Year:

1972

Duration:

0:25:32

Film type:

Colour / Silent

Genre:

Amateur Film

Master format:

8mm

Description

Initially we see shots of an AA (Automobile Association) mobile office as well as an AA transit van at Leicester Forest East motorway services on the M1. What follows is a series of point of view shots through the windscreen of a moving vehicle, which is travelling on the M1 in the first instance. It exits the motorway at junction 20 and travels to the M6 via the A427. A short stop at a Forte motorway service station, where we see the car park only, is followed by more footage of the M6 as Spaghetti Junction is reached. Here the road is closed to traffic but the vehicle is allowed access on the new road leading to the exit for the Aston Expressway (A38). There is then a sequence of shots from static postions of the flyovers at Gravelly Hill Interchange.


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