Escalator Material

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Unused / unissued material - dates and locations unclear or unknown.

Escalator Material. Piccadilly Circus, London.

Several shots of numerous people descending on escalators on underground station. (Believed to have been taken in 1948)

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
60329
Sort Number:
UN 2711 D
Time in/Out:
01:23:32:00 / 01:27:38:00
Canister:
UN 2711 D
Film ID:
1659.10
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