Port and River Archives Digibeta No. 2: London: Albert Dock, Dry Dock; London: Petticoat Lane, Barrels, Tower Bridge, Docks, Pros & Whit, Wapping; London: Sid & Dave, Hello & Goodbye, Guards at Bank, Piccadilly, Trafalgar Square, Mall; John An
Digital Betacam video cassette (DigiBeta) Colour;Black & White Sound; Silent 1953-1955 34:00
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Summary: Compilation of four digitised films.
Title number: 4070
LSA ID: LSA/5312
Description: (1) An amateur film shot at London's Docks. The Royal Albert Docks are surveyed, with views of some of its streets, warehouses, cranes and wharves. A large cargo ships is filmed passing at the end of a street. Amongst the ships, are the identifiable vessels the 'Cedric' and the Port of London Authority floating crane the 'London Titan'. There are also views in and around a dry dock. A metal hulled ship is filmed being re-painted inside the dry dock. On the dock side, several ship's propellers are lined up horizontally. The dry dock is also seen being pumped out. (2) An amateur film of east London and the docks. The film begins with shots of Middlesex Street and Petticoat Lane Market. Crowds of shoppers pass between the market stalls and nearby premises including Tuby Isaacs jellied eel stall and 'Ye Essex Tavern' public house. Some street vendors sell balloons and small toys. The film then moves to the warehouses around Shadwell and Wapping. Large wooden barrels of Sherry are lined up outside a warehouse around the London Docks at Shadwell Basin. Several boats are moored up and offloading cargo, including the 'Darinian', the 'Zealand' and the 'Oriole'. Beyond the docks there are views of Tower Bridge and the steeple of St George's in the East Church over the warehouse. Some people enjoy a pint outside the 'Prospect of Whitby' public house. The film ends with a journey from Shadwell Basin to St Katherine's Way passing the Metropolitan & New Crane Wharves, Wapping Station, Gun Wharf, Sun Tugs, Colonial Wharf, British & Foreign Wharf, Morocco & Eagle Sufferance Wharves, and Orient Wharf. (3) An amateur film shot around central London. A man finds a tube station shut (possibly St Paul's underground station) and is given a lift by a friendly motorist to Liverpool Street tube station (the entrance on Liverpool Street itself). The next shots are filmed around the Bank of England, with Guardsmen marching east along Poultry and on to Threadneedle Street as well as views of Mansion House, the Royal Exchange, and Francis Chantrey's sculpture of the Duke of Wellington. The film then moves on to Trafalgar Square with shots of Nelson's Column, the fountains, the National Gallery and a man selling pigeon feed. Next, its Piccadilly Circus with shots of the advertising lights (for Coca Cola, Guinness, Double Diamond, Schweppes and Bovril) and the Shaftesbury Memorial with Alfred Gilbert's statue of Anteros (popularly known as Eros). The film concludes with views around the Mall, including shots of William McMillan's sculpture of King George VI on Carlton House Terrace, Saint James's Park and Buckingham Palace.
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