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1924 Workers repair damaged building in Picadilly Circus
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0:44Now PlayingDate: 29th December 1924
Location: London and Hartlepool, Durham. LONDON AND HARTLEPOOLS, DURHAM
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Gaumont British Ident
SLATE INFORMATION: Devastation in Peace and War - December 1924 - Ruins in Picadilly Cirrcus - Housebreakers havoc with pick and shovel
ENGLAND: London: Westminster:
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LONDON AND HARTLEPOOLS, DURHAM
MAIN TITLE
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TGV FADE INTO DEMOLISHED BUILDING
(18ft)
TITLE: NOW WE GO BACK 10 YEARS AND SEE WHAT THE GERMANS DID IN 1914
(19ft)
TITLE: THE ATTACK ON HARTLEPOOLS-CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE WAS DONE AND MANY KILLED-CHIEFLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN
(20ft)
LV DAMAGED BUILDING
(24ft)
LV TRAV. SHOTS FROM VEHICLE OF STREET WITH CARS AND BUSES
(89ft)
LV BUILDING
(103ft)
MLVS AND MLV WORKMEN SPED UP MOTION
(153ft)
LV PAN BUILDING SITE
(192ft)
LV TRAV, SHOTS ALONG STREET
(271ft)
GVS BUILDING AND PAN AROUND PICCADILLY CIRCUS
(357ft)
LVS BUILDING AND EROS
(373ft)
DEVASTATION: Devastated London
PICCADILLY CIRCUS: Devastation in London
Air Raids and War Damage
Great Britain, World War I, period Attitudes, construction, buildings
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