Library footage from 40 years ago of horses and carts driving through Bank in London. This is compared to present day to show how the roads have changed. A map shows how roads started with dirt tracks when people made a path through from their huts to the stream. M/S's of new Burma road...
Library footage from 40 years ago of horses and carts driving through Bank in London. This is compared to present day to show how the roads have changed. A map shows how roads started with dirt tracks when people made a path through from their huts to the stream. M/S's of new Burma road built during the war.
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