A tour of West Germany to inspect the rapidly developing trunk road and urban motorway system. Through the Rhineland from Frankfurt to Cologne, then to Hamburg and Berlin, we see some of the road and bridge works. Aerial views of complex autobahn junctions and intersections which cannot be appreciated from the ground.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
003601
Language
English
Subject categories
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Germany (West)
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Express highways
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Road construction
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Roads - Design
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)