“London In Fairyland!“ (1931)

Full title reads: “’London in Fairyland’. The King and enormous crowds thrilled to see magic effect of famous buildings illuminated for first time by floodlighting.“ London. Shots of unidentified monument being lit by floodlights (still very dark). Tilt down front of Westminster Abbey. More shots of monument. Shots of clock tower of Palace of Westminster (aka Big Ben). N.B. Despite title not shots of King George V. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can b
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