This film, from the Kathleen Lockwood collection, contains footage of the 1970 official opening of the Scammonden Dam and the Pennine stretch of the M62 motorway by Queen Elizabeth. Title-Scammonden Oct. 1970. The film opens with shots taken from a height looking down across a valley onto Scammonden Dam and nearby motorway at Scammondon, near Huddersfield. There is a shot from a newspaper which reads `The Queen Inaugurates Scammonden Water'. A woman and teenager get out of car and climb...

This film, from the Kathleen Lockwood collection, contains footage of the 1970 official opening of the Scammonden Dam and the Pennine stretch of the M62 motorway by Queen Elizabeth. Title-Scammonden Oct. 1970. The film opens with shots taken from a height looking down across a valley onto Scammonden Dam and nearby motorway at Scammondon, near Huddersfield. There is a shot from a newspaper which reads `The Queen Inaugurates Scammonden Water'. A woman and teenager get out of car and climb over a fence; they smile back at the camera. The shots are taken from the top of the hill looking down towards the Dam. There are huge crowds of people gathered on a platform beside the water. Queen Elizabeth arrives for the inauguration of the dam and reservoir. She makes a speech by the side of the water and officially opens the Dam. There are lots of sail boats on the water.