Traffic Lights For London Pedestrians 1935

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Traffic lights for London pedestrians.

Trafalgar Square, London.

M/S of Mr Hore Belisha and the Mayor of Westminster stood with other officials in Trafalgar Square, the mayor presses a lever to activate the new pedestrian crossing and the traffic stops. Various shots as Belisha and...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
10850
Sort Number:
35/017
Time in/Out:
01:03:30:00 / 01:04:10:00
Canister:
35/17
Film ID:
819.05
Issue Date:
28/02/1935

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