[Turnpike Construction & Ribbon-Cutting]

DateJune 3 1954

AbstractCan note says: '06/03/1954 A-59 Turnpike'; road construction footage, including footage taken from moving bulldozer; spectators watch, Edmund Muskie and other officials speak at microphones at ribbon-cutting cermony at newly-build toll booth; first car drives through booth; footage from moving car of other cars driving down highway; later press conference and ceremony with officials and Muskie takes place on highway; aerial footage of road construction in snow; crane empties dirt into dumptruck; demolition crew uses dynamite to blast rock; road paving and steamrollers; more footage of driving on new highway; 'Welcome to Augusta' road sign