An amateur film produced by Donald Oates, a Civil Engineer for Newcastle, and Northumberland County Council, showing the condition of the C200 road between Bellingham and Kielder in Northumberland during the construction of the Kielder Reservoir. A number of heavy vehicles are filmed using the road which, overtime, has become damaged and in need of repair. Title: Kielder Water Existing C.200 Road Title: Construction Accesses Title: 5th Nov. 1975 A road sign points towards a rest area...

An amateur film produced by Donald Oates, a Civil Engineer for Newcastle, and Northumberland County Council, showing the condition of the C200 road between Bellingham and Kielder in Northumberland during the construction of the Kielder Reservoir. A number of heavy vehicles are filmed using the road which, overtime, has become damaged and in need of repair. Title: Kielder Water Existing C.200 Road Title: Construction Accesses Title: 5th Nov. 1975 A road sign points towards a rest area at Plashetts half-a-mile away. A road passes through a rural wooded area, in the distance a number of cars parked beside the road. A lorry carrying a load of earth turns out of a junction onto said road and head in the opposite direction. A number of other heavy vehicles turn into and out of the same junction. The filmmaker white Austin Maxi is parked on the track down which heavy vehicles have travelled. A small road sign reads ‘11G FC10’, other similar signs are placed along the road. Title: 6th Nov. 1975 The road again, this time with a road construction crew working along part of it. A man watches as a heavy vehicle turns off the road onto the track. A number of other heavy vehicles travel along narrow country lanes, two woman watch as they pass. Title: Highway from East The film ends on a phantom car ride travelling along the road passing parked cars and a number of heavy vehicles parked near the junction. A lorry carrying a load of earth is in front, other cars pass in the opposite direction. End title: The end