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Forth Road Bridge: Inauguration Ceremony

Gordon Cecil Lang (1912–1988)

ICE Scotland Museum

Forth Road Bridge: Inauguration Ceremony

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Inauguration ceremony of Forth Road Bridge: The Rt Hon. John Maclay, MP, Secretary of State for Scotland, and Sir John Howard turning on the switch to drive the first pile. Gordon Lang was employed by Random Film Productions Ltd to make a documentary film about the building of the Forth Road Bridge. The film was completed in 1965 (and is available to view at ssa.nls.uk/film/2208). In 1966 the film was nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) for Best Documentary Feature (which it didn’t win). This is one of several black and white photographs taken by Gordon Lang as background to the film.

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Title

Forth Road Bridge: Inauguration Ceremony

Date

c.1959

Medium

photograph

Measurements

H 20 x W 15 cm (E)

Accession number

2014/007c

Acquisition method

donated

Work type

Photograph

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Gordon Cecil Lang

1912–1988

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