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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

7401

Title

THE ROAD ODYSSEY

Producer

Laura Cooper

Date

2002

Gauge

DV Cam

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Running Time

13 mins 43 secs

Description

Student documentary looking at the origin, purpose and meaning of roads. Academics, a theologian and a manager from the Highways agency offer their thoughts on what roads symbolise and represent. Features shots of motorways, urban and rural roads, junctions and roundabouts, including footage taken from a moving vehicle, plus clips from feature films.

[Catalogued as part of 'Revitalising the Regions' - a Screen Heritage UK project, 2011]

 

 



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