Collapsed Festival Bridge For Test Purposes. (1952)

Waterloo, London COLLAPSED FESTIVAL BRIDGE FOR TEST PURPOSES. (Royal Festival Hall site, the South Bank, Waterloo) LS. The footbridge collapsing. GVs. The concrete wreckage. LS. (elevated) crowds dispersing. CU. Stress gauge. LS. The bridge loaded with pig iron. LS. Crane placing more weight onto bridge. GV. Crowd watching. GV. Pig iron on the bridge. MS. Pig iron being loaded by crane onto the bridge - pan to pig iron on the bridge. LS. Workmen guiding crane held pig iron into place. LS. Pig iron on the bridge. MS. Two men testing with stress gauge. LS. Crane lowering weight onto bridge. LS. Bridge collapsing. LS. Crane holding weight. (.) See documentation for further details FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical