''The Forth Road Bridge'' is a 1965 British

documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...

directed by Gordon Lang about the

Forth Road Bridge The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge in east central Scotland. The bridge opened in 1964 and at the time was the longest suspension bridge in the world outside the United States. The bridge spans the Firth of Forth, connecting Edinbur ...

. It was nominated for an

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for Best Documentary Feature. The author

Warren Tute Warren Tute (1914-1989) was an English sailor, author and television executive. He was born in 1914 in West Hartlepool, County Durham in the north of England and joined the Royal Navy in 1932, at one time serving on . During the Second World War ...

wrote the treatment, with Vincent Mulchrone writing the commentary.

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' at the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive 1965 films 1965 documentary films British documentary films Documentary films about transport Films shot in Edinburgh Films shot in Fife 1960s English-language films 1960s British films {{UK-documentary-film-stub