L/S crowds of people crossing over London Bridge. C/U ditto. M/S the other side of the road on London Bridge which is screened from the public showing workmen carefully demolishing the bridge. M/S workmen with a pick on part of the bridge hacking...
L/S crowds of people crossing over London Bridge. C/U ditto. M/S the other side of the road on London Bridge which is screened from the public showing workmen carefully demolishing the bridge. M/S workmen with a pick on part of the bridge hacking away. C/U workman with pick and pneumatic drill. C/U part of the parapet of the bridge showing number marked on it. Panning shot of the balustrade of bridge showing each little post numbered. M/S two workmen placing part of bridge onto ground alongside others which are numbered. M/S men working with oxyacetylene cutters. Pan up to show side of bridge. L/S side of bridge showing workmen etc. M/S man working with pneumatic drill also showing each separate block on side of bridge with consecutive numbers on them. C/U workman with pneumatic drill. C/U side of bridge, pan to numbers. Angle shot side of bridge showing a block numbered, pan up to show the side of bridge. L/S of the bridge showing people and traffic coming across.
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