Produced by Picture This Video Productions for Tyne and Wear County Council a promotional film for ‘Network’, a series of interconnecting public transport or cycle routes around the county that promote recreation and health in the area. The Riverside County Park at Newburn and the South Tyne Cycleway are mentioned. Title: Network Tyne and Wear Traffic crosses the Tyne Bridge into Newcastle and car takes a right turn past the offices of Tyne & Wear County Council. A double decker bus...

Produced by Picture This Video Productions for Tyne and Wear County Council a promotional film for ‘Network’, a series of interconnecting public transport or cycle routes around the county that promote recreation and health in the area. The Riverside County Park at Newburn and the South Tyne Cycleway are mentioned. Title: Network Tyne and Wear Traffic crosses the Tyne Bridge into Newcastle and car takes a right turn past the offices of Tyne & Wear County Council. A double decker bus pulls into and departs from a bus stop outside a Tyne & Wear Metro station. On the Metro platform itself a train arrives, and passengers climb aboard. A hillside with trees and woodland in the valley below and houses at the top changes to a map of the Tyne and Wear area with several cycle routes and footpaths marked on it including one along the south bank of the River Tyne. An urban streets with pedestrians walking along a busy pavement and traffic passing on the road. At a pelican crossing the lights turn from red to green and back red again. Along another busy road traffic passes with both the River Tyne and the four cooling towers of Stella Power Station in the distance. The map again showing various cycle routes and paths changes to crowds along the banks of the Tyne at Newburn Country Park watching rowers taking part in a race. As two teams speed past other boats are being lowered into the water. In a nearby field a group of men play football changing to crowds watching young girls perform gymnastics at a local regatta. The camera passes people walking across the showground stopping at a trampoline where someone in performing. Next, a group of men perform a traditional Chinese dragon dance or longwu. Back beside the Tyne a brass band performing while on the water a Chinese dragon boat passes, a man at the bow beating a drum keeping the rowers in rhythm. A safety boat watches out on those taking part in a home-made boat race, on the nearby riverbank a large watching crowd. Back on the water a man barefoot skiing followed by crowds applaud at runner’s sprint past as part of a race along a path that follows the river towards the Newburn Bridge. Traffic moves along a busy road past a Tyne & Wear County Council Tanfield Railway sign changes to a nearby track or pathway leading away from the road. At Whitley Bay a couple walk along the clifftop passing St Mary’s Lighthouse at low tide and a man walking in the opposite direction with his dog. An older man runs past the camera along the South Tyne Cycleway which follows a route along the southside of the River Tyne from Hebburn to Rowlands Gill. At another part of the route two cyclist slowly make their way up a steep incline. Men and boys fish from a wooden walkway beside the Tyne, across the river two large Royal Naval ships moored along the quayside of Swan Hunters Neptune Yard at Walker-on-Tyne. Five young people cycle past towards and into the Tyne Pedestrian Tunnel between Howden and Jarrow. Laid out on a table a series of guides for local footpaths and cycleways, a pair of hands opens and looks through a brochure for the Wylam and Walbottle Waggonways. Back along the cycleway across from Swan Hunters a group of men work to repair the path racking over the dirt. A car turns off a busy road heading towards Big Water Nature Reserve changes to a woman and small girl walking towards the pond. On the water various birds including two Mute swans with eight cygnets. An older couple follow a path around the pond crossing over a wooden bridge. A woman pushing a pushchair walks along a woodland path followed by two cyclists. A man sits on a bench looking across the Derwent Valley below towards the ruins of Gibside Hall and The Column of Liberty in the distance. A young man rides his bicycle along the cycle route of the disused railway line. At a road junction a crossing guard or lollipop lady holds the traffic so that two children can cross, more pedestrians walk towards her as the film changes to a double-decker bus pulling into a stop near to a school. A child shows off their ‘Network Tyne & Wear’ badge changes to a school group walking along a path. The film ends on a montage featuring some of the routes featured in this film and the emblem for ‘Network Tyne & Wear’. Title: North East trails and waggonways providing outdoor recreation and a key to the countryside that’s NETWORK End title: Produced for Tyne and Wear County Council by Picture This Video Production