Skyscraper 'topped Out' 1961

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Full title reads: "London. Skyscraper 'Topped Out'."

Millbank, London. Vickers Building reaches top.

GV looking across River Thames at Vickers new building. SV base of building camera pan up to show whole length of building looking upwards towards sky. SV inside lift travelling up...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
53754
Sort Number:
61/059
Time in/Out:
01:19:06:00 / 01:20:03:00
Canister:
61/59
Film ID:
1732.14
Issue Date:
24/07/1961

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