This Is London Part 2 1955

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A mounted policeman in Sloane Square. Panning along shops in Chelsea, antiques in the windows. A car pulls up outside of Harrods. Three Indian women walk up to the window. A well dressed woman leaves a Mews house she passes a Rolls and gets into a sports car. Large flats and small homes in Chelsea,...

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Cataloguer:
Mike
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Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
74821
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:09:28:00 / 01:17:05:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
2297.02
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Chelsea to view Sam Challenger This Place in History Fifties Chelsea Bermondsey

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