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Tourism In London 1970-1979
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London.
Various shots of the tourists walking around the sites in central London in the summer - taking photographs, resting, looking on, etc. People looking at monuments, Westminster Abbey, taking photographs with guardsmen on horseback at Horse Guards Parade, walking around Houses of Parliament,...
Data
- Time in/Out:
- 01:10:03:00 / 01:25:34:00
- Canister:
- UN 4679 A
- Film ID:
- 3416.04
- Issue Date:
- 1970 - 1979
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- Big Ben/Houses of Parliament Tourism Spend - 1970s Whitehall/Westminster
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A clapperboard at the outset reveals the date of filming to be 5 July 1976.
Filming is for Thames Television's "Today" current affairs programme. The director is Mike Dormer, the cameraman is Frank Haysom.
Initial scenes are in Old Palace Yard, SW London.
At 00:47 we see the statue of King George V at St Margaret Street.
At 04:42 we see Big Ben.
At 06:37 we see Westminster Abbey.
For "Big Ben", read the Elizabeth Tower that houses Big Ben.