THE CITY OF LONDON reel 2

The City Of London Reel 2 1951

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Excellent Quality Black and White shots of the City in the 50's - 1951?

CU "Hudson's Bay Company" brass plate. Row of six men sorting mink skins. CU sorting skins. CU man selecting a skin. WS taking skins to selection bench. WS as man sorts out round cut skins and placing them on separate piles....

hospitals nurses work City of London Richard Dick Wittington animals cats Lord Mayor religious buildings royalty Court of Common Council Old Bailey Scales of Justice police Smithfield markets Corporation of London Cleansing Department vans bombs world war two Clothier Cutler Goldsmiths Street crafts Company of Gunmakers Tobacco Pipe Makers Basket Makers engraving goldsmiths drinking alcohol Baltic sunsets clergymen religious buildings Dick Wittington Festival of Britain Norman Wooland Reg. W. Cavender John Corbett Thomas Henderson Maurice Harley William S. Bland George Newberry Peter Baylis Peter Bradford wine tea

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Cataloguer:: Mike
Stock:: Black & White
Sound:: Mute
Media URN:: 84404
Sort Number:: DOCS

Time in/Out:: 01:07:10:00 / 01:20:25:00
Canister:: DOCS
Film ID:: 2927.02
Issue Date:: 1951

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Categories: Lifestyle & Culture Trade & Industry
WorkSpaces: Temporary workspace: 23.6.2009 10:48 peter baylis London 1950's city of London BBC_Banks

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