Western Waterway

About the film

The Bristol Avon from its Cotswolds source, though old Bristol, to the large port at Avonmouth.

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Details

• Release year - 1941
• Production company - BS Productions
• Screenplay - Alfred Leyton
• Narration - Alvar Liddel
• Sound recording - W. Bland
• Devised by - Paul Barralet
• Running time (minutes) - 10 mins 20 secs

Original description

Wiltshire's Avon

'From its source in the Cotswolds, the Wiltshire Avon winds through quiet scenery, presently reaching Bath, a city renowned for its architecture and its healing mineral springs. The Avon flows through industrial Bristol, gateway to the Americas. Beyond Bristol, the river broadens; seven miles downstream are the great modern docks of Avonmouth.'

(Films of Britain - British Council Film Department Catalogue - 1941)

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