The visit of Ernest Marples, Minister of Transport, 4 Feb 1963
BROFA/0056
HTV 90T 3329 (reel BR) 3213
4 Feb 1963
Item
4 minutes 4 seconds
The visit of Ernest Marples, Minister of Transport, for the inauguration of the Cumberland Basin Scheme, 4 February 1963. Shows the Minister arriving at the Council House and at a temporary stage placed on the construction site. He’s accompanied by Gervas Walker and other civic dignitaries at a very snowy Hotwells. He is introduced and makes a speech. The Group and a crowd of onlookers including the press view a bulldozer demolishing a house in preparation for the construction works. Marples is shown signing an autograph for a youngster and a woman before he leaves.
Open
High band U-matic
Maker unknown
16mm
Video cassette
Mute
Colour
Digital file format - MPG
Digital File Format - MPG
Removable hard drive
Previously suggested to have come from HTV 90T 3213 but paperwork does not support this. Available to view in our public searchroom.
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