THE CITY OF LONDON reel 4

The City Of London Reel 4 1951

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

Looking up at steam train passing over bridge. Steps leading from street to unseen house. Side shot Dr. Samuel Johnson's house. Wall plaque to Samuel Johnson. Plaque "In a house on this site Samuel Pepys, Diarist was born...

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:: 84433
Sort Number:: DOCS

Time in/Out:: 01:00:01:00 / 01:21:18:00
Canister:: DOCS
Film ID:: 2929.01
Issue Date:: 1951

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Collections: Documentaries
Categories: Lifestyle & Culture Trade & Industry
WorkSpaces: Temporary workspace: 23.6.2009 10:48 Novel Snob peter baylis London 1950's Festival of Britain Year 1951 DICKENS FILM London BBC_Banks

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