Driving in the UK - M1 Motorway (Part 1)
A southbound trip on the M1 Motorway, from the A50/A6 at junction 24 near Nottingham to Leicester Forest East Service Station.
The M1 is one of the two backbone north-south motorways in the UK. The section from St Albans to Junction 18 had been the first intercity motorway in the UK when it opened in 1959. The first extension to the M1 up to junction 24 opened 6 years later in November 1965 and it is this section which features in the video.
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Britain's 1st full-length Motorway (M1) opens, 1959
A short piece of film about British motorists being unaccustomed to Motorway driving, 1959 onwards.
A Standerwick Leyland Atlantean double-deck coach is in the starting sequence. The intended A6(M) that actually got numbered M6, at just over 8 miles road length near Preston was the actual first motorway opened in the UK in 1958.
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M1 Motorway in England united kingdom on my way to go to airport, round afternon in traffic
A1 UK's longest road London to Edinburgh entire length time lapse
The entire length of the A1 from The Rotunda in Central London to Princes Street in Edinburgh. This is the longest road in the entire UK. Taken at 1fps and played back at 30fps
Driving in the UK - M1 Motorway (Part 2)
A southbound trip on the M1 Motorway, from Leicester Forest East Service Station to the Catthorpe Interchange at Junction 19, where the M1 meets the M6 and A14.
The M1 is one of the two backbone north-south motorways in the UK. The section from St Albans to Junction 18 had been the first intercity motorway in the UK when it opened in 1959. The first extension to the M1 up to junction 24 opened 6 years later in November 1965 and it is this section which features in the video.
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UK Motorways - M1 south J16 to J15
In this video we take the M1 southbound from J16 (Northampton North) past J15A (Oxford, A43) and Rothersthorpe services and exit at J16 (Milton Keynes, Northampton south)
Longest Motorways of UK
Longest highways of the United Kingdom
1.- M6 232.2 Mi. 373.7 Km.
2.- M1 193.5 Mi. 311.4 Km.
3.- M4 189 Mi. 304 Km.
4.- M5 162.9 Mi. 262.2 Km.
5.- M25 117 Mi. 188 Km.
6.- M62 107 M. 172 Km.
7.- M40 89 Mi. 143.2 Km.
8.- M8 60.3 Mi. 97 Km.
9.- M3 58.6 Mi. 94.3 Km.
10.- M11 55 Mi. 88.5 Km.
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Major Road Ahead (December 1958) John Laing Film Unit Building M1 Motorway
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300 M.P.H. Road (1961)
Point of view M/S from a moving car as we approach the M1. We drive onto the motorway as commentator says But on these new wide roads one gets no sensation of speed, and even at 75 miles an hour you might well be cruising; C/U of a man's shoe in the car, pressing the accelerator to the floor.
Point of view M/S from the car of the almost empty motorway again as commentator says So let's try it at 300 miles an hour. The film speeds up so that we zip along at a tremendous rate in the middle lane, passing a few cars and lorries; and honking the horn so a truck moves out of our way. L/S from a bridge as we see traffic speed past.
M/S at a service station as our car (an Austin A55 Cambridge Mark I) pulls up and is filled with petrol by a girl in a balaclava; this is all still in speeded up time. C/U of the petrol pump meter spinning round, then our car drives off again.
More motorway speeding shots; commentator says There are 180 bridges on the M1 and as we can see, even at this speed, they don't interfere with the driver's vision - presumably this was a concern in early motorway days. We come to the end of the motorway (sign is seen) and the driver puts his foot on the brake.
Fade into high angle daylight M/S of Piccadilly Circus at normal speed. Point of view M/S from the front of the car as the film is speeded up again as we zip around Eros, and appear to narrowly miss crashing into several black taxi cabs - help! High angle M/S of Piccadilly Circus, this time the scene is in fast motion; fade out.
Note: Possibly a modern 1961 version of the famous film of a speeded-up train journey from London to Brighton.
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UK Motorways - A5 south onto M1 south
In this video, part of the UK Motorways series, we take the A5 south from just before the Truck Stop onto the M1 southbound and then we take the M1 as far as Watford Gap services.
8 killed in UK motorway crash
Eight people have died after two lorries and a minibus collided on one of Britain's main motorways at the start of a busy bank holiday weekend.
All of those who died are believed to have been travelling in the minibus, which was from the Nottingham area.
Four people have been taken to hospital, including a child, according to Police.
The crash happened on the southbound M1 at Newport Pagnell around 80km northwest of London just before 03:15 on Saturday morning.
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1960s UK Traffic, Motorway Driving, HD from 35mm
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Driving in the UK - M60 Motorway
Uploaded by request, this is a complete anticlockwise lap of the M60 motorway around Manchester in real-time, filmed on a sunny Sunday afternoon in November 2011. The video begins and ends on the south side of Manchester near Cheadle.
The M60 was constructed in stages.
The first section to open was the Stretford and Eccles bypass which was originally numbered M62, later renumbered to M63. This section opened to traffic in October 1960 and was one of the first motorways to open in the UK.
The next major milestone was the completion of the M62 to the North and West of Manchester, opening in 1971.
By 1975, the M63 had been extended to Cheadle, and the M66 had been constructed down to Heaton Park.
In 1982, Stockport was bypassed, and in 1989, a portion of the M66 was constructed, joining Stockport to Denton, leaving a 9.5 mile gap in the M66.
This gap was finally plugged in October 2000 when the ring was completed. The motorway was renumbered as M60 upon completion.
This footage was also used to make a time-lapse video back in November 2011. To see this footage sped up 3 times, and set to fairly upbeat music see:
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0:00 & 34:04 - Junction 3 - A34
0:40 & 35:07 - Junction 2 - A560
1:50 - Junction1 - A560
2:30 - Stockport Railway Viaduct
3:17 - Junction 27 - A560
4:10 - Junction 25 - A560
6:12 - Junction 24 - A57 / M67
8:00 - Junction 23 - A535
11:34 - Junction 22 - A62
12:34 - Junction 21 - A663
16:33 - Junction 20 - A664
17:33 - Junction 19 - A576
18:49 - Junction 18 - M62 / M66
20:20 - Junction 17 - A56
22:15 - Junction 16 - A666
23:05 - Junction 15 - M61
23:22 - Junction 14 - A580
24:48 - Junction 13 - A572
25:47 - Junction 12 - M602/M62
26:12 - Junction 11 - A57
27:00 - Barton High Level Bridge
27:34 - Junction 10 - B5214
28:21 - Junction 9 - A5081
29:20 - Junction 8 - A6144
29:39 - Junctions 6&7 - A6144 & A56
32:38 - Junction 5 - A5103 for M56
M1 motorway 1959
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UK Motorway M1
It is shot on the M1 between sheffield to Birmingham..Recorded with My Nikon D3100 and edited, color graded in Vegas Pro..Just tried conceiving an effect of speed..ended up with this crazy output..Comments pls
M1 Motorway in England few COOL cars from our trip during Weekend in UK
Random clips from trip during weekend with my friends. Enjoy! :)
London: The timeline of motorway construction
An animated timeline of the history of London and the South East's motorway network from 1959 until the present day.
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Driving in the UK (England Motorways) - M1 from Jct 26 (Nottingham) Northbound