Piccadilly Is Up 1927

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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...

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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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