London 1930-1939

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Description

Full title reads: "London".

Regent Street, London.

Religious parade through streets. Lots of Church banners, clergy, nuns, choir boys etc. May be Roman Catholic parade.

N.B. Item found in Unidentified Gazettes reel. Presumably from 1930s Gazettes.

Data

Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
75470
Sort Number:
UNI GAZ 001
Time in/Out:
01:46:19:00 / 01:47:03:00
Canister:
UNI GAZ ROLL 1
Film ID:
1881.14
Issue Date:
1930 - 1939

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  • All of the footage in this clip is shot on Regent Street.

    Seen at 00:12 is "The Needlewoman" shop, which survived there until the early 1970s.

    Seen at 00:32 is the shop of Samuel Soden Ltd. They were located at 107 Regent Street.



    jamied 23rd May 2012
  • Thanks.

    British Pathé 14th Aug 2012

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