London Traffic 1910 AKA Traffic Scenes 1914-1918

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Traffic scenes. London.

Double decker buses;with Pear's soap Dewar's; Venus Cough Cure advertisements. Delivery boys with bicycle carts; horse-drawn wagons; many pedestrians. The vehicles are coming round a curve in big open space; and it generally looks like chaos and traffic madness. Closer...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
72694
Sort Number:
ON 095 R
Time in/Out:
01:58:19:00 / 01:59:59:00
Canister:
ON 095 R
Film ID:
1894.51
Issue Date:
1914 - 1918

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