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1947 Statue of Eros (Anteros) is returned to Piccadilly Circus
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0:51Now PlayingDate: 3rd July 1947
Location: England, United Kingdom, EUROPE, EUROPEAN UNION (Constituents)
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: Londoners Welcome Eros Home Again
ENGLAND: London: Westminster: Picaddilly Circus:
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EROS Large crowds in Piccadilly circus watch Eros being Hoisted on to the Shaftesbury Memorial fountain after being evacuated during war period
FLOWER-SELLERS Close-up of a flower-seller when Eros is returned to Piccadilly Circus
PICCADILLY circus Huge crowds being watching Eros being hoisted on to the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain after it's wartime "Exile"
Buildings, Landmarks and Monuments
crowds, flower sellers, Anteros, Alfred Gilbert, aluminum statue
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