Archive / Films / Berridge Collection – Film 6

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B&W. 9:12min. Kotri, India (Pakistan). 1933. Film made by P.S.A. Berridge. Strengthening Kotri Bridge and adding two 12ft wide roadways. General views of the temporary superstructure providing a level runway to an electric crane and trollies; a pair of new trusses being riveted up outside a temporary arcade; short scene of Sirdar Prem Singh, the bridge inspector in charge; old steel-work being lowered either on to barges or the dry river bed; new work is fixed to restore the gaping 60ft of railway bridge.

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