The Tide of Traffic
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| Directed by | Derek Williams |
| Produced by | Humphrey Swingler |
| Cinematography | Maurice Picot |
| Edited by | Michael Crane |
| Music by | Humphrey Searle |
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| Distributed by | BP |
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Running time | 27 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Tide of Traffic is a 1972 British short documentary film directed and written by Derek Williams.[1][2] It was made by British Petroleum as a contribution to the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm. Filming locations were Venice, Rome, London and New York.[3]
Reception
She magazine wrote: "This BP film (which is a kind of sequel to their award-winning Shadow of Progress) is one of the best I have seen and should collect equally prestigious prizes. It presents every facet of the autocratic rule of the motor vehicle. Motoring, says the film, is at once a means to reach places of recreation and a recreation in itself. The car offers a kind of freedom and it is the dream of most families to own one a better one, or a second one. Moving, the vehicle is less trouble than when it stops: the parked car demands 30 times the space of a standing person! All this and much more is shown in this wide-ranging and intelligent film."[4]
Accolades
The film received a Venice Golden Mercury award,[5] and was nominated for the 1973 Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.[6]
References
- ^ "The Tide of Traffic". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ Russell, Patrick. "Shadow of Progress, The (1970)". British Film Institute scrennonline. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ "The Tide of Traffic". BP Video Library. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ Myer, Kenneth (December 1972). "The Tide of Traffic". She: 42 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Derek Williams". The British Entertainment History Project. 1 May 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ "The 45th Academy Awards (1973) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
External links
- The Tide of Traffic at IMDb
- Watch The Tide of Traffic at BP Video Library