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Building Work on London Bridge
ILEA_VID_01_0010_003 (Collage 324004)
London Metropolitan Archives: Film Collection
Construction work on London Bridge is filmed with workers climbing ladders from scaffolding onto the bridge, and boats moored on the side of the bridge. Then various activity including a crane moving buckets, large shafts being sunk into the ground and the barges clearing mud and clay is shown. The 'piles' that are being built to construct the new bridge is filmed while traffic of buses and people still move along the bridge.

This clip is taken from the film 'Looking At London: London Bridge', the full description of this title can be seen on the LMA catalogue, the full film can also be viewed online at www.youtube.com/LdnMetArchives
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