Reel

New Highway

New Highway
Clip: 425545_1_1
Year Shot: 1967 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1767
Original Film: 040-104-07
HD: N/A
Location: Austria Alps highway
Timecode: -

The new 26-miles long highway across the Austrian Alps, connecting Munich and Venice, gets its first real test this winter. Built as an avalanche-free road, it cost thirty million and 14 workmen were killed during its construction. A highway cuts through the Austrian Alps. An avalanche tunnel / shelter is driven through. One side is open to the ravine below. Great panoramic highway shots. Footage moves slowly. Tunnel footage.