Soho Square Time-lapse - Meter Feeding
16mm film Black & White Silent 1968 3:40
Summary: A time-lapse film of parking meter use on Soho Square.
Title number: 862
LSA ID: LSA/1153
Description: This time-lapse film was shot between 8.30am and 5.40pm from a building on the North West corner of Soho Square looking easterly across the north end of the park opposite Soho Street. The entrances of numbers 18 and 20 Soho Square are visible in the background. Road and pedestrian traffic moves around the square, and much use is made of a line of parking meters along the north end of the park, with cars and motorcycles using the area. A clock resting on the sill of the window from which the scenes are filmed is visible in the lower left hand corner of the screen and allows the actual time passing to be viewed.
Further information: Soho Square lies at the heart of Britain's film industry and is especially related to Britain's documentary film tradition. Many of those caught on film here may be workers from that industry.
Keywords: Parking facilities; Parking meters; Traffic
Locations: United Kingdom; England; London; City of Westminster
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