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1949 Parade in London for city pageant
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2:10Now PlayingDate: 14th November 1949
Location: London
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Gaumont British Ident
SLATE INFORMATION: The Lord Mayor's Show
ENGLAND: London: Various:
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BICYCLE Shots of bicycle's old & new in the Lord Mayor's Show of 1949. whose theme is "Transport Through The Ages"
BUS. Shots of "Horseless Carriage" & old fashioned buses in the Lord Mayor's Show of 1949, whose theme is "Transport Through The Ages".
CARS Shots of old cars in the Lord Mayor's Show of 1949...whose theme is "Transport Through The Ages".
CONOLLY.RICHARD...ADM. Seen with Mr Lewis Douglas greeting the King on board the American Cruiser at Portsmouth.
LORD MAYOR'S SHOW 1949 Show. The new Lord Mayor, Sir Frederick "Rowland". The theme of the show "Transport through the ages" various forms of the old & new bicycles & cars, Transport, etc, Lord Mayor takes the salute...joins procession, W.R.A.F. also take part..The show took place in rain & gloom.
OLD CROCKS Included in "Cars thro' the Ages" 1949 Lord Mayor's Show.
RAILWAYS. Shots of a replica of Stephens Rocket in the Lord's Mayor a show of 1949.
ROWLAND FREDERICK. SIR. The 1949 Lord Mayor..Takes salute at the Lord Mayor's show in London....The theme of the show is "Transport Through The Ages"...Rides in Gilded coach in Procession
Local Government; Customs
parades, festivities, automobiles, horses, veterans, Lord Mayor of London
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