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London, 1930′s. Archive film 6404



London.
Targeted visitors lights go from red & amber to environmentally friendly (the words and phrases Stop and GO on the prime and bottom lights). A triple avenue lamp. Targeted visitors lights modify. The avenue lamp.
Animated neon indicators – a Gordon’s gin bottle, and the head of a cock crowing. Piccadilly Circus lights, automobiles and buses passing one indication suggests ‘MONTE CA..’, yet another ‘FRANCO ANIMATE’, with a swinging pendulum.
Pedestrians milling on pavement illuminated neon indicators say ‘MONTE CARLO’, ‘FRANCO ANIMATED’ and ‘NONSTOP VARIETY’ a theatre or cinema has ‘..LTER HUSTON’.
Animated neon indicators (Variety etcetera.) a double decker bus methods, advert for Craven ‘A’ on side followed by 121 bus with advert for Schweppes Cyder.
Big theatre or cinema viewers applauding.
Bus passes properties with neon indicators: ‘HAIRDRESSING SALOONS’ and ’1/- TO 5/-’ (with obscure graphic).
Statue silhouetted against evening sky.
Shifting text lights say ”..PORTED IN DISTRICTS IS NOW’.
Large Ben tower silhouetted against evening sky. Silhouetted statue of guy with sword.
Silhouetted Westminster building. Silhouetted equestrian statue.
Intertitle: ‘The day begins’.
A black cat sniffs at two huge-necked bottles of milk still left on some stairs.
Males in caps unload empty bins from lorry at rear is billboard – seems like ‘MR DRAGECOM’ and some thing about opening early.
Law enforcement sergeant standing in archway flanked by significant fuel lamp brackets – building could be County Hall. A building raises roller shutters fuel lamp standard at L. A shopkeeper opens his door, considered from inside of on wall is plaque expressing ‘NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK’ a guy strides previous in the avenue a distant indication suggests ‘MOWLEM’ guy buffs brass plaques with a rag.
A milkman’s handcart – ‘. . . DAIRIES Most effective MILK’ milkman methods with wire crate, places it down, unhooks a significant milk can, picks up a bottle, and walks off L a little one beside railings.
A female in an apron, carrying a bucket, arrives out of a building, kneels, and starts scrubbing the ways. An older female, in an apron, sweeps the prime of some ways, driving iron railings.
Intertitle: ‘The parade of London river begins with the incoming tide’.
Flowing river h2o. Two gentlemen in cloth caps pull on a rope aboard a sailing boat. A two-masted sailing boat, and a smaller sailing boat, on the river, steamers in the length. A guy doing the job fifty percent way up a tall mast, the significant sail at R. Gulls mounting from the river. The Union Flag traveling at a mast head. Bow of ship DELATOYA arrives in from L, filling display screen. Tug ‘WELLINGTON’, towing lighters, passes R to L.
The bow of a speedy-moving yacht, its anchor at centre manufacturing unit properties in length. A ship passes below a bridge, its funnel decreased. Tug passes L to R, towing lighters 3 gentlemen on board, two in trilby-type hats dockyard properties and cranes driving.
Intertitle: ‘The hurly-burly of the markets’.
Fish porters, two in caps, two in porters’ flat hats a porter methods carrying a crate on his head. Intertitle: ‘Billingsgate’.
Close-up of a fish porter turning, with crate carried on flat hat filthy tunic. A guy can help a porter elevate a crate onto his head, he walks off the guy does the exact same for s second porter. Two photographs of porter lifting box onto his head. Searching upwards as 3 laden porters walk previous.
Intertitle: ‘Covent Garden’. Several gentlemen carrying packing containers and baskets on barrows to and fro, a significant pile of packing containers at centre rear. At Covent Back garden, a porter carries 3 packing containers on his head, L to R. A porter turns, with a weighty round basket on his shoulder. At still left, a guy packs apples in cardboard packing containers at R a guy picks up a straw-crammed box, in which are glimpsed what may possibly be bananas. A guy bending, deciding upon bouquets from a wooden box, sitting down on 3 other packing containers on the floor. A hand lays a bunch of bouquets in a tray with other folks.
Intertitle: ‘In the town – the grand parade of business’.
A dark-coloured underground coach emerges from below a building. Commuters’ legs going for walks L to R a bicycle passes R to L driving them. Commuters tactic a bridge from R a BOUTS BROS van passes L to R. Hundreds of commuters go away platform at rail terminus, going for walks to us – extravagant iron roof beams. Commuters in avenue going for walks to us most gentlemen are in trilbies one younger guy in uniform girl in cloche hat numerous girls hatless.


Post time: Dec-13-2016
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