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DetailsOriginal Format: Standard 8 Colour: Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 8 mins 20 secs
Subject: TRAVEL
Summary This film was taken during a family holiday to London in 1971. It includes footage of London’s famous sites such as the Tower of London and Trafalgar Square.
Description
This film was taken during a family holiday to London in 1971. It includes footage of London’s famous sites such as the Tower of London and Trafalgar Square.
Title - London 1971
The film starts in London where the Freeman family comes out of their hotel. Trellick Tower is nearly finished but still under construction. The family walks along Oxford Street, passing Marks and Spencer’s. They go to Marble Arch and the Joy of Life fountain in Hyde Park.
The next section shows some people...
This film was taken during a family holiday to London in 1971. It includes footage of London’s famous sites such as the Tower of London and Trafalgar Square.
Title - London 1971
The film starts in London where the Freeman family comes out of their hotel. Trellick Tower is nearly finished but still under construction. The family walks along Oxford Street, passing Marks and Spencer’s. They go to Marble Arch and the Joy of Life fountain in Hyde Park.
The next section shows some people leaving their house and driving off in their car. They then visit Petticoat Lane Market which is full of shoppers walking among the stalls. There is a Frankenberg’s shop and another shop selling paintings. The family continues their tour going to the Tower of London, Trafalgar Square, the Gilded Church for St. Mary Woolnoth, the Bank of England, St. Paul’s cathedral, the National Gallery, and Westminster.
Title – Fin