A Gigantic Enterprise - Longer Version (1931)

Full title reads: “Hull. A Gigantic Enterprise. Mr Herbert Morrison - Minister of Transport - sets great building scheme to cost 2 million pounds into being.“ Hull, East Yorkshire. Herbert Morrison (looking very young) speaks about building project. A group of men stand behind him. He is talking about the building of a large bridge over the River Humber. An unidentified man talks about the current ferry service - Morrison jokes about swimming the Humber. Shots of podium - an unidentified man is speaking about the history of the project. Morrison is asked to lay a stone marking his visit - he makes a short speech and jokingly refers to Winston Churchill and his bricklaying exploits. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection