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The Rainbow Ends

Date released

14 Jan 1946

Series name

Pathe News

Issue no

46/4

NoS ID

100921

Story no

1 / 5

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Opened in 1942, America’s Red Cross Club "Rainbow Corner" closes with broadcast speeches by Mr Eden and Mrs Roosevelt. Dancing and high revels overflow into Piccadilly as GIs make their last visit to the...

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Planadilly

Date released

16 Apr 1962

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1715

NoS ID

024592

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Planadilly. DESCRIPTION: If Sir William Holford’s plan goes through, it’ll be Goodbye Piccadilly (as we know it). Our pictures show a model of the new circus, with Sir William and...

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Piccadilly Circus bomb (1992)

Genre

News report; Interview

Paul Rowley reports on the detonation of a bomb close to Piccadilly Circus. Suspected IRA terrorists forced a taxi driver (nicknamed Jimmy the Greek) to deliver the car bomb into the heart of London. It is...

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Smartening Up Eros

Date released

2 Feb 1953

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1235

NoS ID

018349

Story no

2 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Smartening Up Eros for the Coronation. DESCRIPTION: While the base of the famous statue is being renovated in Piccadilly, Eros himself is undergoing a thorough clean-up at Kennington....

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Escaped prisoner rings radio station (1989)

Genre

Interview; Special

Recording of a telephone call to Radio Piccadilly in Manchester by a prisoner who escaped from prison officers during a hospital visit from Risley Remand Centre, Cheshire. Robert Taylor made the call to...

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The Sports & News Pageant of Movietone - Reviewed by Alan Howland: Princesses Revisit 145, Piccadilly

Date released

31 Jul 1939

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

530

NoS ID

010116

Story no

1 / 9

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Queen and Princesses at 145, Piccadilly. DESCRIPTION: Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose revisit their old home which is now a museum. SHOTLIST: The two Princesses visit the...

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Piccadilly in York

Date released

17 Mar 1938

Series name

New Series Pictorial

Issue no

103

NoS ID

115938

Story no

4 / 9

Extras

1 film clip

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Eros is Restored to Piccadilly Circus

Date released

31 Dec 1931

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

134A

NoS ID

003393

Story no

2 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eros Is Restored to Piccadilly Circus. DESCRIPTION: Gilbert’s statue effects nocturnal return to his familiar pedestal at London’s hub. SHOTLIST: Shot of statue on lorry. Piccadilly...

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Eros is Restored to Piccadilly Circus

Date released

28 Dec 1931

Series name

British Movietone Gazette

Issue no

100A

NoS ID

000743

Story no

1 / 4

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Eros Is Restored to Piccadilly Circus. DESCRIPTION: Gilbert’s statue effects nocturnal return to his familiar pedestal at London’s hub. SHOTLIST: Shot of statue on lorry. Piccadilly...

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Piccadilly in the Western Desert

Date released

25 Dec 1941

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

832

NoS ID

062354

Story no

2 / 8

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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