Window Cleaning At Vickers Tower 1970

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Vickers Tower, London. Now known as Millbank Tower

WINDOW CLEANING AT VICKERS TOWER

Travelling shots from inside an electric window cradle, as it maneuvers off the top of a tower block and down the side. Aerial view of the street and buildings below. Shots from above the cradle to...

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Cataloguer:
Virginia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
86261
Sort Number:
UN 4539 C
Time in/Out:
01:12:10:00 / 01:22:22:00
Canister:
UN 4539 C
Film ID:
3025.02
Issue Date:
1970

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