Piccadilly Policeman 1946

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Titles read: "PICCADILLY POLICEMAN".

London.

M/S of advertising billboards at Piccadilly Circus; fast pan across to street sign reading 'Piccadilly Circus' and 'Swan and Edgar' sign on the wall. Tilt down to show a policeman talking to a middle-aged woman.

Several more shots...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45506
Sort Number:
NP 106
Time in/Out:
01:14:06:00 / 01:15:34:00
Canister:
NP 106
Film ID:
1396.09
Issue Date:
23/09/1946

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