Goodbye Piccadilly 1925

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Item title reads - Goodbye Piccadilly. Take a last glimpse for some while of famous statue Eros - due for removal whilst underground station is being constructed. London.

L/S aerial view of Eros, scaffolding is being erected around it as buses and cars drive past.

Intertitle - 'but...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
24876
Sort Number:
G 1164
Time in/Out:
01:40:07:00 / 01:41:15:00
Canister:
G 1164
Film ID:
374.17
Issue Date:
16/02/1925

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