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One of the most impressive steel bridges in the world is in Calcutta, the Howrah Bridge. Its predecessor is the bridge over the Firth of Forth, not far from Scotland's capital, Edinburgh. The film shows life on and around the bridges in Scotland and India, and accompanies priests, photographers, police officers, and athletes. With the industrialization of the 19th century, the material that made new types of bridge construction possible was created in England's steelworks. The construction methods tried and tested there were exported to the Empire. One of the most impressive steel bridges, the Howrah Bridge, can be found in the Indian city of Calcutta. Its predecessor is the bridge over the Firth of Forth, not far from Edinburgh in Scotland. While Sergeant R. Kumar Sing regulates the traffic of around 150,000 vehicles and around 100,000 pedestrians every day on the cantilever bridge, his counterpart in Scotland, Sergeant Peter Houston, keeps an eye on everything from his office. His area of expertise is the newly built and highest bridge in Great Britain, the Queensferry Crossing, and the Forth Road Bridge from 1964, which stands next to the more than 130-year-old railway bridge. Three different designs from three centuries - unique in the world and a popular motif for wedding photographer Kate Gray. The Howrah Bridge in India serves as a motif for many artists such as A. Jalan. 23-year-old A. Mukherjee spends five hours driving every day and crosses the bridge in the bus to get to cricket training. Under the bridge, next to the largest flower market in West Bengal, priest M. Panday waits for orders from believers. The film also accompanies Captain P. Kumar Dtait on one of the Indian ferries that relieve traffic on the Howrah Bridge, visits the Scotsman C. Hardie, who has dedicated his life to the Forth Bridge, and dives with C. Ferguson around the island of Inchgarvie, which served as a bridge-building base for Scotland. Documentary series, Director: Friederike Schlumbom (D 2019, 43 min) Link to the media library: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/078686-... Video available until 13/01/2025 Subscribe to our YouTube culture channel: / @artekulturkanal Subscribe to our YouTube main channel (documentaries and reports): / artede Follow us on social networks: Facebook: / artede Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arte.tv/?hl=de