Bridge of Time (1950)

Directed by

Geoffrey Boothby, David Eady

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

17 min

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary short shows how the city of London rebuilt its bridges after World War II. It follows the work of engineers and laborers as they construct a new Thames crossing and repair damage from the war.

informativenostalgicinstructionalhistoricobservationfactualconcisestraightforward

What happens

Bridge of Time is a 1950 short documentary film directed by Geoffrey Boothby and David Eady and narrated by Anthony Bushell. It was produced by Alexander Korda's London Films, and was nominated at the 25th Academy Awards (1953) in the category of Best Short Subject (Two Reel). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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