Before the screening, Brown's friend engineer Harvey Binnie made an opening speech and made a presentation about the sociological background of Istanbul also mentioned in the film on the construction phase of Bosphorus Bridge. The following statements taken from Binnie's presentation can be considered as a summary of the film:

“As is known, Turkey is a country located on two continents and this has been an issue for centuries. Even when you only take commercial activities into account, transferring a considerable amount of goods from one side to the other over the strait would mean a great loss of time and high costs back then.

In 1960s with the needs that arose with growing population, for instance one would have to wait around two hours for a ten-minutes long voyage by city-line ferries increasing in number in passenger transportation. This would take days when it came to transportation of goods.

When construction of the bridge was completed, transportation of goods and passenger traffic in Istanbul finally began to flow smoothly. Transportation that used to take days, started to take minutes and became much easier. According to first records, 20 thousand cars crossed from one side to the other daily. This gradually increasing intensity accelerated the construction of the second bridge and today we see that the third bridge is about to become operational. The significance of these bridges in development goals of Turkey should not be overlooked. It can be said that Bosphorus Bridge, the first intercontinental bridge that connects Asia to Europe, functioned as a catalyst and it played a major role in growth of Turkish economy. The effects of this growth  can be observed as the two millions population in 1970s has now reached 18 millions.”

The Story of the First Bosphorus Bridge film that brings to the screen the story of Bosphorus Bridge, completed in 1973 by a British company, reveals interesting scenes from the daily life in Istanbul at the same time. After the screening engineer Harvey Binnie, friend of bridge's designer Dr. William Brown whom the night was dedicated to, answered the questions from the audience.