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Barbican 1969, clip 7 - details of the Brutalist architecture of the Barbican.
Clip 7 from a film commissioned by the City of London Corporation to promote the Barbican development scheme. Shots of the built up London cityscape, architectural plans for the barbican Complex, details of the Brutalist architecture of...
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The Living City, 1970, part 11 - Tower of London, office tower block, interior open-plan office, office workers
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
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The Living City, 1970, part 7 - London's commodity markets; fur, ivory tusks and Persian carpets.
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
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Tower Bridge: Looking at London, 1968, part 1 - Ann Dickinson introduces London series
Part 1 of the 1968 film Tower Bridge: Looking At London, which explores the history and development of the Tower Bridge along the River Thames. Presented by Ann Dickinson. In this clip, she introduces the series of clips about London and...
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Tower Bridge: Looking at London, 1968, part 3 - Bascule mechanisms and procedures for a ship passing through
Part 3 of the 1968 film Tower Bridge: Looking At London, which explores the history and development of the Tower Bridge along the River Thames. Presented by Ann Dickinson. In this clip, a diagram of the bridge's bascule mechanisms is...
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 14 - construction site, council blocks in development
Clip from a documentary type account of the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council. Surveys opinions of tenants rehoused on GLC estates as to their new houses...
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The Lord Mayor, 1960, part 5 - The Blitz and regeneration of London architecture
Clip 5 from the 1960 film 'The Lord Mayor', commissioned by the City of London Corporation to give an overview of its services, including schools, markets, housing welfare and health. In this clip, scenes depicting the London Blitz...
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The Living City, 1970, part 16 - trees, parks and gardens in London, including a religious meeting at Postman's Park.
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
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The Living City, 1970, part 5 - Lombard Street, banks, change of bank rate at the Bank of England
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
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The Living City, 1970, part 14 - newspaper offices on Fleet Street
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
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The Living City, 1970, part 3 - The River Thames, Tower Bridge, offloading of cargo from ships in the port.
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
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The Living City, 1970, part 17 - London's Golden Lane housing estate blocks and facilities
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
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The Living City, 1970, part 18 - Londoners speak at Tower Hill, fire breather performs, City of London Police station on Wood Street
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
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The Lord Mayor, 1960, part 2 - Common Council meeting at Guildhall
Clip 2 from the 1960 film 'The Lord Mayor', commissioned by the City of London Corporation to give an overview of its services, including schools, markets, housing welfare and health. In this clip, a Common Council meeting takes place in...
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The Living City, 1970, part 8 - London's markets: Billingsgate, Spitalfields and Smithfield.
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
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The Lord Mayor, 1960, part 10 - Smithfield, Billingsgate and Spitalfields markets
Clip 10 from the 1960 film 'The Lord Mayor', commissioned by the City of London Corporation to give an overview of its services, including schools, markets, housing welfare and health. In this clip, scenes of food and other imported...
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The Living City, 1970, part 15 - new office blocks in the Fetter Lane and Aldgate area
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
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The Lord Mayor, 1960, part 9 - Port Health Authority inspectors at work on ships
Clip 9 from the 1960 film 'The Lord Mayor', commissioned by the City of London Corporation to give an overview of its services, including schools, markets, housing welfare and health. In this clip, a council meeting for the Port Health...
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The Living City, 1970, part 9 - the buildings and monuments of Christopher Wren, London
Clip from 1970 film focussing on the history of the City of London - the Square Mile - its economic growth, institutions, administration, buildings and future. The film illustrates the major part taken by local government in the physical...
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Tower Bridge: Looking at London, 1968, part 5 - Cargo from ships is distributed via different channels
Part 5 of the 1968 film Tower Bridge: Looking At London, which explores the history and development of the Tower Bridge along the River Thames. Presented by Ann Dickinson. In this clip, the cargo of the Baltic Sun is unloaded and...
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 13 - POV from car down Holloway Road, elderly friends playing dominoes
Clip from a documentary type account of the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council. Surveys opinions of tenants rehoused on GLC estates as to their new houses...
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 5 - bungalow homes for the elderly
Clip from a documentary type account of the slums of London and the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council since 1965 in slum clearance and building and its...
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 3 - shots of houses in disrepair, kids playing on street in working class neighbourhood, demolition of old houses
Clip from a documentary type account of the slums of London and the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council in slum clearance and building and its plans in the...
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Somewhere Decent to Live 1967 part 12 - elderly people in a care home, or special accommodation
Clip from a documentary type account of the provision of new housing for Londoners. Looks at London's housing shortage, the work of the Greater London Council. Surveys opinions of tenants rehoused on GLC estates as to their new houses...