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Piccadilly Is Up 1927
Description
Item title reads: " "Piccadilly is up!" "Army of Occupation" is hard at work on the trenches of famous thoroughfare."
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M/S of workmen digging trenches in Piccadilly, watched by onlookers, as trams and cars roll by around them. Shots of workers working in deep trenches with large...
Data
- Cataloguer:
- Margaret
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Sound:
- Silent
- Media URN:
- 33219
- Sort Number:
- G 1419
- Time in/Out:
- 01:21:15:00 / 01:22:24:00
- Canister:
- G 1419
- Film ID:
- 692.14
- Issue Date:
- 28/07/1927
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