Piccadilly Circus 1970-1979

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Description

Unissued / unused material - dates and locations unclear or unknown.

Colour item.

London.

Various shots of Piccadilly Circus by day - good shots advertisements, lights and pedestrians in flares.

Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
92674
Sort Number:
UN 4658 G
Time in/Out:
01:14:33:00 / 01:16:30:00
Canister:
UN 4658 G
Film ID:
3411.05
Issue Date:
1970 - 1979

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  • The cinema advert at 01:01 for "Day of the Locust" dates this clip as being from mid-1975. There's also an advert for The Godfather Part II, which was also a 1975 UK release.

    jamied 23rd Jun 2012

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