Escalator Material

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Description

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)

Data

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
Issue Date:

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