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BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE

NFA Catalogue

ACTUALITY. A shot of horse-drawn traffic passing over Blackfriars Bridge, London (19ft). Note: Filmed by Robert Paul, July 1896. Previously mis-identified as A RUSH-HOUR RECORD ON LONDON BRIDGE from its description in the Will Day compilation film ROYAL REMEMBRANCES (1929). Also held as part of Ray Henville Collection no. 10. References: John Barnes, The Beginnings of the Cinema in England, p. 214. John Barnes, The Rise of the Cinema in Great Britain, p. 239. National Film Archive, Silent News Films Catalogue, N. 7.


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