The Forth Road Bridge

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The Forth Road Bridge
Directed by Gordon Lang
Written by Vincent Mulchrone
Warren Tute
Produced by Peter Mills
Narrated by Alec Clunes
Edited byEdward Bond
Christine Garner
Cy Roth
Production
company
Random Productions
Distributed by Films of Scotland and Shell-Mex and BP
Release date
  • 1965 (1965)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Forth Road Bridge is a 1965 British documentary film directed by Gordon Lang about the Forth Road Bridge. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. [1] [2] The author Warren Tute wrote the treatment, with Vincent Mulchrone writing the commentary.

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References

  1. "NY Times: The Forth Road Bridge". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2011. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  2. "The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2019.