Rebuilding of London Bridge

From the collection of

London’s Screen Archives
London’s Screen Archives is a network of over 50 organisations with a collective vision – to preserve and share London’s history on film. The network is managed by Film London and we work with our partners to digitise, preserve, and offer access to their moving image collections.

Rebuilding of London Bridge


An introductory title card marks the beginning of the substantial work to come. A sequence of broad shots give us a perspective of the area from multiple points of view as life goes on uninterrupted: cars and cyclists pass over the bridge as normal. Then, a closer look at the construction workers building the new bridge alongside the old. The bricks from the old bridge are carefully marked up before being loaded up and transported away - to their new home in Arizona.


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