Bristol, 1940s - Film 13107

Bristol in late 40's
Clifton Suspension Bridge. Hotwells. The Centre. Church. Streets. Docks. Colonnade in Clifton. Slum housing. Bomb damage in the centre. View from the Cabot Tower. Saint Michaels Hill and a postman on his bicycle delivering letters. Workers leaving a factory, a close shot of men and women leaving factory gates right to left, some are running. Traffic in the Centre. Aerial view of Avonmouth docks. Ships being loaded and unloaded. Harveys, wine tasting by candlelight. Tobacco importing and cigarette factory. Cocoa imports and chocolate manufacture. Chocolates on a conveyor belt. Printing press in action. Industry. High angle shot of workers leaving a factory at walking pace. Covered goods yard, overhead view of produce being moved around on sack barrows. Traffic on outer city wide road. Plane takes off from airport. Avon Gorge. Children play. Parklands and Clifton/Bristol Zoo. Good footage of visitors close up to zoo animals. Horses on the Downs. Wills Building of University. West of England College of Art in Clifton. Theatre. Old Vic actors on stage. Speedway at night. Nightime, city lights and signs. Neptune statue. Filton Aerodrome and Brabazon aircraft. People on the streets look up and point at the aircraft. Good aerial view over Avon Gorge and Clifton Bridge and city. John Wesley statue. Edward Colston statue. Edmund Burke statue. City Council leave a church service. Policeman holds onlookers back. Swords of state. Formal council meeting. Fire engine races down road. Ambulance in residential area. Policeman directs traffic. Road sweeper - man with broom. Sewer worker emerges from manhole. Gardener at work in landscaped grounds. Kids play in slum streets. Council plans and models for good living. Building the Henbury estate, surveyor using theodolite, builders, brick layers. Schools and mass exodus of kids at home time. Elderly people in grounds of a stately home, perhaps now a nursing home? Mothers with babies going into child health care clinics. Weighing of babies. Young girl receives a dental health check. Boy having eye test. Doctor checks boys glands. Kids play with a stethoscope. Children playing. Town plans and aerial view of new housing estates and city centre. Man cycles along city centre street. Boat on river.