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Central London Street Scenes (1920)
 

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Clapperboard with illegible title. Several takes of motor boat with two men inside going under Westminster Bridge, Houses of Parliament in background. Traffic and pedestrians crossing a bridge at low tide. The motor boat cruising along the Thames, St Paul's Cathedral visible through gap in riverside buildings. Trafalgar Square in foggy weather. Piccadilly Circus traffic. Two news vendors in Trafalgar Square [Evidently actors: hoarding reads "Young Woman Shoots Husband"] Traffic near Mansion House. Buses in the Strand(?), looking towards St Paul's. Pedestrians in side streets. Pedestrians and traffic, including a horse cart laden high with market baskets, crossing bridge over Thames. Pedestrians in street. View through split windscreen of car in traffic. Scene on Embankment. Buckingham Palace, traffic. Several horse riders in Hyde Park(?)