Pathe Pictorial Looks... East - West 1947

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Titles read: "PATHE PICTORIAL LOOKS... EAST - WEST".

Various shots contrast life in the east end and west end of London.

Several shots of tenement flats, shabby houses and bombed areas in the east end of London. Contrasted with modern blocks of flats and large hotels in Park Lane;...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43945
Sort Number:
NP 147
Time in/Out:
01:10:22:00 / 01:18:15:00
Canister:
NP 147
Film ID:
1331.06
Issue Date:
07/07/1947

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