South Bank
1964 Β· 13m Β· Documentary
This fascinating 60s tour catches London's South Bank in the middle of a cultural metamorphosis.
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Children on Camera - A Primer about Movies
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May Whitley throws Charles Cawkell about using jujitsu techniques.
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About the development scheme for a residential area in the City. Barbican, which will be largely completed by 1973, will provide about 7,000 people with not only flats and houses but shops, schools and a wide range of cultural and other amenities.
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1929
During an unusually harsh winter, a frozen trawler arrives on the river Thames.
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