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1949 Children take part in holiday activities at London Airport
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0:24Now PlayingDate: 4th August 1949
Location: Torquay, England
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
ENGLAND: London: Hillingdon: Heathrow (formerly London Airport):
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LONDON AIRPORT People mostly children watching planes taking off and landing on Bank Holiday. Children having photo taken on steps of imitation plane
RAILWAYS Train over camera from Issue 1293
SEA-SIDE RESORTS People on sands at Torquay sitting on deck-chairs. People having donkey rides and bathing beauties coming down from diving board
VICTORIA STATION Queues waiting outside Victoria Station to go away to sea. Child seen standing with pail and spade
Aviation
boys, viewer, aeroplanes, summer, summertime, watching, planes
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