ATV Today: 01.06.1965: Gravelly Hill Development

Summary

The Gravelly Hill road development in Birmingham. Peter Wilson interview with Stephen Swingler MP, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport, about the scheme.

Year:

1965

Duration:

0:04:18

Film type:

Black & White / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

Library pictures of traffic and shots of the model of the proposed road network.


Credits

No credits specified


Notes

13 seconds of Library material from Midlands News 15 February 1962 (story 3885) and 16 November 1964 (story 7145). During its development the scheme was nick-named Spaghetti Junction. Stephen Swingler was the Labour MP for Newcastle under Lyme from 1951 until his death in 1969.